Publication: Analysis of a malaysian-specific drive cycle model for fleet electric motorcycles: user-centric sustainability
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2024-07-12
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Melvin, Tan Ming Han
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The transportation sector, a major contributor to global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, is under increasing scrutiny to adopt sustainable practices. Electric mobility, particularly through electric motorcycles, presents a promising alternative. This research work focuses on the development of a localised ride cycle model for fleet electric motorcycles, emphasizing user-centric sustainability. The study involved extensive data collection from real-world usage patterns to create an accurate and representative drive cycle model. Then, the model was validated using chassis dynamometer testing, confirming its effectiveness in reflecting the unique driving conditions of Malaysia. Key findings indicate that electric motorcycles performance varies across different user, the riding pattern of three different groups are different where low user is more on eco-mode driving, medium user has stable and consistent riding, while the high user has an aggressive driving where acceleration is at all-time high, and it can run longer for about 78.474 km when low user group drive cycle is applied and the range decreases as the energy consumption is increased where medium user drive cycle and high user drive cycle can achieves 48.072 km and 39.639 km, respectively. Cost analysis was done to understand the economic viability for across different users for both electric and ICE motorcycle. It was found that owning an electric motorcycle for the low user group and medium user group is not economic for them, but instead owning an ICE motorcycle is much more economic for them. However, it is economic for high user group to own an electric motorcycle