Towards the Full Commissioning of an 83-kW Electric Sport Motorbike

This paper presents a study of the proceedings done towards the electrical commissioning of an 83 kW laboratory, all-electric sport motorbike to obtain energetic analysis and thermal experimental results as a social catalyst for electrification transportation. The electric motorbike mainly uses an 83 kW, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) driven by a 350 V, 110 kW motor controller powered by a 350 V, 5.6 kWh LiPo battery pack. The electric train system of the motorbike is controlled and operated by a microcontroller with a touchscreen display where several parameters are monitored, such as velocity, temperature, battery SOC among other indexes. A description of the tests done with the motorbike prototype rig is summarized along the paper in different steady-state operating points, such that electrical and thermal results obtained from the system are analyzed verifying the feasibility of the prototype for personal transportation or racing applications.