A extended-range hybrid powered scooter

As the electric scooter market grows, one of the major problems facing designers of pure EVs is getting sufficient range from batteries that can´t cope with long journeys. The alternative is to have a range extender of hybrid powered scooter in which a small size of fuel cell stack combines with a battery powered electric motor. However, in such models, electric-only range is restricted to just a few miles. However, adding a small range-extender fuel cell to drive a hybrid power output or charging the battery when idle or low power periods allows range to be increased to an increase of miles. The problem with this solution, though, is cost. This paper shows both the modelling and simulation of a hybrid powered scooter and the experimental results. There is other, more detailed feasibility on fuel cell range-extender for a hybrid powered electric scooter. In experimental data, the result of electric scooter can unceasingly run by increasing the range from 100 kilometres to 126 kilometres at a fixed speed of 45 km per hour with a PEMFC of range extender by using 134 litres of hydrogen fuel. The experimental data are also compared with the pure battery powered scooter. Not only can the range of adding a small size of fuel cell be increased further, but also the test performance can be more brilliant than that of a pure battery powered scooter.