Electric scooter motors come in two forms, brushed and brushless. Brushless motors are quieter, and have less chance of overheating. Most quality scooters feature brushless DC motors. Both types of motors are rated in watts, which measure the amount of energy they can generate per second.
The power of an electric scooter motor varies, due to the number of factors it has to deal with: the temperature, road surfaces, and other obstacles. Electric scooter motors are more efficient when they are cool, but overheating reduces the power of the motor. The motor's peak power - its maximum output before it overheats - gives you a good indication of how much power it can produce in a perfect world.
The speed controller is an electronic component buried deep inside the scooter. It typically looks like a metal box with a variety of wires and enclosures. It receives input from the accelerator and electronic brake controls and converts the input into a current to power the motor. The controller is rated by current and voltage, and the more powerful it is, the higher the max current and voltage.
Another useful metric is the torque. In most cases, a 12" scooter motor will have a power rating between 800 watts and 3000 watts. A motor with a higher torque will be quicker than one with a lower torque rating. While the power rating is important, it is not enough to make a choice.
A pure electric vehicle motor is a speed-regulated drive system composed of an AC motor and its matching controller. The AC motor refers to the AC asynchronous traction motor, which is driven by the rotating magnetic field to rotate the rotor. The structure is simple, the reliability is strong, the driving circuit is also simple and reliable, and the efficiency is high. Compared with rare earth permanent magnet motors, permanent magnet motors are expensive, and some of the comprehensive prices are twice that of AC asynchronous motors. Especially once electric vehicles become popular and rare earth resources are in short supply, the price will skyrocket, making electric vehicles very uneconomical and affecting the development of electric vehicles. Popularization: There are also complex driving circuits, poor reliability, and difficult heat dissipation, which makes the actual efficiency inferior to AC asynchronous motors; rare earth permanent magnet motors are usually water-cooled, which makes the power structure complex and the cost increases. In contrast, the advantages of AC motors are very obvious.
Applications:
pure electric logistics vehicles, pure electric passenger cars, pure electric postal vehicles, pure electric sanitation vehicles, etc.
To summarize the advantages:
1. The protection level is high, the efficiency is high, and the reliability is strong.
2. It is cost-effective and has a large starting torque.
3. Long life, easy maintenance, simple structure and low noise.
4. The motor end cover and base are made of aluminum alloy structure, which is small in size and light in weight.
5. Stepless speed regulation, strong overload capacity.
6. The structure is compact and the power density is high.