Benefits of Electric Motorcycle in Improving Personal Sustainable Economy: A View from Indonesia Online Ride-Hailing Rider
The energy cost of electric vehicles is reportedly less than its internal combustion engine counterpart due to using technologies to boost efficiency through regenerative braking. Based on this condition, a possibility of its implementation as vehicles in ride-sharing applications is observed. T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitas Indonesia
2023-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Technology |
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| Online Access: | https://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/5454 |
| Summary: | The energy cost of electric
vehicles is reportedly less than its internal combustion engine counterpart due
to using technologies to boost efficiency through regenerative braking. Based
on this condition, a possibility of its implementation as vehicles in
ride-sharing applications is observed. Therefore, this study aims to analyze
the benefits of electric vehicle implementation to ride-sharing platforms in
Indonesia. An electric motorcycle was used in this study as a vehicle for daily
ride-sharing activities. In addition, the rider often used an internal
combustion engine motorcycle. The study focused on the economic benefits
obtained by the rider through swapping the ICE motorcycle with an electric
scooter. Also, it used observation data for two months by utilizing electric
motorcycles. Before using this vehicle, a comparison was additionally conducted
based on the amount of money received by the rider. Furthermore, potential
drawbacks were considered, such as battery charging durations and range of
travel per day. The questions in this study included the following, "Are
there any compromises that should be conducted by the rider to use the electric
motorcycle for ride-hailing purposes?". Therefore, the results obtained in
this study are expected to provide answers to these questions. Based on the
data comparisons, a rider saved up to 68% of their income by using an electric
motorcycle, compared to an ICE vehicle. It was also found to be similarly
practical as the ICE counterpart for ride-hailing. Moreover, the electric
motorcycle effectively served the customers' requirements as conducted by the
ICE vehicle regarding orders and trips traveled. To further enhance the
benefits of economic riders, a battery swap station should be readily available
to prevent charging for 3-4 hours. By utilizing this station, the personal
productivity of the electric motorcycle increased to 100%. Therefore, electric
motorcycles successfully met the expected standards by creating substantial
unique economic benefits and providing a more environmentally friendly vehicle
without any losses. Th study was used as evidence for those interested in
adopting the electric motorcycle to improve personal economic benefits. The
government also used it to set up momentum to accelerate electric motorcycle
adoption in Indonesia. |
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| ISSN: | 2086-9614 2087-2100 |