Analysis of Road Curvature's Effects on Electric Motorcycle Energy Consumption

Concerns over carbon emissions have motivated motorcycle producers to explore the use of electric energy instead of gasoline. Due to battery capacity limitations, electric energy consumption should be optimized to extend the range of Electric Motorcycles (EMCs). Road curvature is an inevitable part of motorcycle travel, and this paper proposes a detailed electric motorcycle model to calculate electric energy consumption on both straight curved roads. Simulation results show that road curvature has a significant effect on energy consumption, so a Dynamic Programming (DP) optimization strategy was used to calculate EMC optimized speed over curved roads.