STDENTS DEVELOP- A BATTERY POWERED

STDENTS DEVELOP- A BATTERY POWERED
VEHICLE FOR PERSONAL MOBILITY

A team of Mechanical engineering students of the P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology has developed a battery-powered three wheeler vehicle for personal mobility with in campuses and industries.
The Compact and portable vehicle can transport a single person in standing position. It is designed to take the user from one portion of a building to another or to shuttle between building with in a Campus. The user stands on a small plywood platform and there is a handle that can be used for maneuvering.
The personal transporter works on a direct current motor with in the front hub that is powered by a rechargeable battery. The students claim that the maintenance free value Regulated Lead Acid (URLA) battery would enable the vehicle to run about 80 km on a full charge.
'The prototype can attain a speed of about 20 km per hour” the front wheel drive enables the transporter to be reversed by turning the front wheel 180 degrees. A drum brake at the front brings it to a halt.
Both the accelerator and the brake lever are mounted on the same handle. The team feels that their prototype is low-cost technology alternative to the segway. Ther personal transporter is that it is easy for people of any age to operate. It is also 100 percent pollution free.(Team members:Final year students Szherooqh Manzoor, V.G Vishnu, R Sunil and S. Nithin Raj)

Prof. John Kurakar