Analyzing E-Bike Driving Conditions on Indian Roads Using Two Different Drive Cycles

Abstract

Recent technological strides have caused electric vehicles (EVs) to reshape the transportation landscape, boasting environmental advantages alongside positive impacts on human health. Crafting electric vehicles involves intricate motor and battery considerations due to multifaceted design requisites. This study leverages the MATLAB Simulink platform to model an electric bike equipped with a 2 kW Brushless DC motor and a 48 V, 50 Ah battery. The comprehensive model encapsulates the battery, driver controller, power converter, motor, and vehicle subsystems, with a dynamic drive cycle-based representation. An H-bridge converter is adopted to engineer the power converter. The efficacy of the EV is assessed through the Indian driving cycle and the World Harmonized Test Cycle, gauging motor speed and power output. Additionally, the State of Charge (SoC) and Battery Current consumption parameters are quantified for both test drive cycles. This endeavor unveils a meticulous exploration of EV dynamics, motor efficiency, and battery performance, reinforcing the potential of EVs as sustainable and health-beneficial mobility solutions.

Keywords:

• drive cycles
• electric bikes
• electric vehicles
• Indian road conditions
• world harmonized test cycles

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Surbhi Aggarwal

Surbhi Aggarwal received her B. Tech degree in electrical and electronics engineering from U.P.T.U, India in 2015 and M. Tech degree in Power Systems from Thapar University, Patiala, India in 2017. At present, pursuing Ph.D. at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Her areas of interest are power systems, electric vehicles, and electric vehicle charging stations. Email: [email protected]

Amit Kumar Singh

Amit Kumar Singh received his B. Tech degree in electrical engineering from U.P.T.U, Lucknow, India in 2007 and M. Tech degree in Power and Energy Systems Engineering, from NIT Silchar, India in 2009. He has completed PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India, in 2014. He worked as a Faculty at Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM) Ahmedabad in electrical engineering department from Jan 2015 to Dec 2017. Now, he is working as a faculty member at NIT Delhi in electrical engineering department from Dec 2017. He is an active reviewer in IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, Inderscience etc. reputed journals. His areas of interest are Power System Restructuring /Deregulation, Electricity Market, Distributed Generation, Electric Vehicle, Renewable Energy, Security Analysis, Fault Detection, Operation and Control of Power Systems, Smart Energy Network. Email: [email protected]