Title :
Requirements of electric vehicles for disabled persons
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Technol., Glamorgan Univ., UK
Abstract :
Many disabled persons are totally dependent on electric vehicle systems for mobility within the home and for transport outside the home. The performance and reliability of these vehicles can have a very significant influence on the type of life and activity which disabled persons enjoy. The requirements of such vehicles can be varied and depends to a large extent on the disability of the potential user. Here, the author describes how certain requirements, however, which most vehicles would be expected to satisfy can be identified
Keywords :
electric vehicles; handicapped aids; secondary cells; traction motor drives; batteries; disabled persons; drive motors; electric vehicles; mobility; performance; reliability; requirements; size; three-wheel scooters;
Conference_Titel :
New Developments in Electric Vehicles for Disabled Persons, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19950373