Power electronic and battery analysis of Vectrix Scooter

Daniel Chatroux (1, 2) , Marion Perrin (1, 2)

1 CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
2 LITEN - Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux

In 2010, a presentation was done in PCIM [1] about the performance improvements of a small electric car with the replacement of the initial NiCd battery by an iron phosphate Lithium ion battery (LiFePO4). The small car is an AX, an old French electric vehicle from Citroën with a separate excitation DC electric motor. This car has been chosen to illustrate a light electric car around 850 kg with the good level of security provided by LiFePO4 and with a 20 minutes fast charge. The other demonstrator vehicle in the laboratory is a Vectrix scooter, which is an illustration of good power electronic and electric motorization state of art in a modern vehicle. The goal of this presentation is to detailed the scooter power electronic and motor, to compare NimH battery specifications and test results, to present some reliability aspects after one year of use, and the interest of iron phosphate batteries in replacement of NimH ones in this application

Domains: Electric power

Daniel Chatroux, Marion Perrin. Power electronic and battery analysis of Vectrix Scooter. PCIM 2011 - Power Conversion and Intelligent Motion Europe, May 2011, Nuremberg, Germany. pp.893-899. ⟨cea-03293123⟩