Electric Scooters: A Plausible Way to Reduce Air Pollution in Urban Environments.

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Electric Scooters A Plausible Way to Reduce Air
Pollution in Urban Environments.

• By Chris Harrison

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INTRODUCTION

• Developing countries using electric scooters.
• China
• India
• Developing countries not using electric scooters.
• South East Asian Countries
• African Countries
• In developing countries, scooters are a high
  pollution vehicle because
• Many owners often do not maintain the scooter.
• Many owners often use cheap, leaded gas.
• In these cases, the exhaust levels are usually
  much higher than when they were tested at the
  factory.

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EMISSIONS COMPARISON
1 1997 Off Road 2-Stroke 181 1997 Passenger
Cars
36.6 Grams/Mile HC
0.202 Grams/Mile HC
The Second Annual EPRI Conference, August 18-20,
1999
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ELECTRIC SCOOTERS

• Electric Scooter Components
• Batteries Store the energy needed to propel the
  car.
• Controller Regulates the flow of electricity
  from the batteries to the electric motor, thereby
  controlling the speed of the scooter.
• Electric Motor Converts the electricity stored
  in the batteries to mechanical energy. This
  force moves the wheels.

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ELECTRIC SCOOTERS
Lynx SPEED Up to 31 mph RANGE Up to 40 miles
PRICE approx. 2,300.00
Electricycle SPEED Up to 30 mph RANGE Up to 25
miles PRICE 2,390.00
Sol Gato SPEED Up to 25 mph RANGE Up to 20
miles PRICE 2,199.99
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HYPOTHESIS
The use of electric scooters in developing
countries instead of gas powered scooters will
reduce air pollution in urban environments by
approximately 30-40.
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DATA

• ELECTRIC SCOOTERS
• Scooter A Scooter B
• 30 Ahr (Amp Hours) 55 Ahr
• 48 V (Volts) 24 V
• Range 62 miles Range 40 miles
• GAS POWERED SCOOTER
• Typical Scooter
• Approximately 100 mpg
• Gas 1.60 per gallon
• OTHER DATA
• 1.60 per gallon ? 100 mpg 0.016 or 1.6 per
  mile (Gas Powered)
• 100 mpg ? 1.60 0.625 miles per (Gas Powered)

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CALCULATIONS
Electric Scooter A 30 Ahr x 48 V 1440 Whr (Watt
Hours) 1440 Whrs 1.44 Kwhr (Kilowatt Hours) 1
Kwhr 10 62 miles ? 1.44 Kwhr 43 Miles per
Kwhr 10 ? 43 Miles per Kwhr 0.0023 per mile
or 0.23 1 ? 0.23 4.34 miles per Electric
Scooter B 55 Ahr x 24 V 1320 Whr 1320 Whrs
1.32 Kwhr 1 Kwhr 10 40 miles ? 1.32 Kwhr
52.8 Miles per Kwhr 10 ? 52.8 Miles per Kwhr
0.0019 per mile or 0.19 1 ? 0.19 5.26 miles
per
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RESULTS
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CONCLUSION
Based upon these results the electric scooter
offers a practical way to reduce pollution,
especially given that gas scooters produce such
high levels of emissions. Electric scooters are
a cheap, clean, effective, and fun form of
transportation in urban environments.