• DocumentCode
    1263799
  • Title

    Development of Electric Propulsion Systems for Light Electric Vehicles

  • Author

    Bertoluzzo, Manuele ; Buja, Giuseppe

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padova, Italy
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    428
  • Lastpage
    435
  • Abstract
    This paper presents two light electric vehicles (LEVs) with a electric propulsion system developed at an academic laboratory. One LEV is an electric city scooter powered by a lithium-ion battery pack and propelled by a wheel motor drive. The other LEV is an electric bicycle powered by a fuel cell system with the assistance of a supercapacitor bank. Power and energy design of the electric propulsion systems of the two LEVs as well as characterization of the energetic devices are illustrated.
  • Keywords
    bicycles; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; motor drives; secondary cells; supercapacitors; LEV; Li; electric bicycle; electric propulsion systems; energetic devices; fuel cell system; light electric vehicles; lithium-ion battery pack; supercapacitor bank; wheel motor drive; Batteries; Bicycles; Cities and towns; Motorcycles; Propulsion; Traction motors; Wheels; Battery-powered vehicles; electric propulsion systems; fuel cell-powered vehicles; wheel motor drives;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1551-3203
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TII.2011.2158840
  • Filename
    5937030