Performance Testing of Electric Motorcycle Conversion

Abstract

The process of conversion of gasoline motorcycles to electric would be a solution to reducing fuel imports and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. P3tek KEBTKE has converted gasoline motorcycles to electric ones and tested the performance of the converted motorcycle. The gasoline motorcycle that has been converted to electric is NFIIBID M/T produced in 2010. The main process of conversion was replacing the combustion engine with an electric motor type BDLC Mid Drive 2 Kw/72V electric motor; battery capacity 72 V/20 Ah and electric motor controller 100 A/72 V. The method of performance test has tested initial gasoline motor and converted electric motor, which has used a dyno test to calculate power, torque, and emission parameters. The road test of the converted motorcycle on a flat contour to determine the energy consumption. The results test is gasoline motor decreased performance up to 35% before converted to electric and performance has increased 20 % after converted. Furthermore, the cost of an electric energy source for a converted motor is 9 times lower than using gasoline. This pilot has obtained SUT and SRUT certifications from the Ministry of Transportation, allowing government policies to be implemented.