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Electric vehicle and transit control method thereof
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Inventors: Wakitani, Tsutomu; Bungo, Keiichiro; Kuroiwa, Kenji; Inui, Tsutomu; Kanke, Hiroo; Hanafusa, Jitsumi; Yamamoto, Takahiro;
Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP)
Primary Examiner: Pezzuto; Robert E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Adams & Wilks
An electric vehicle has left and right speed control levers provided alongside left and right grips provided at the ends of left and right control handles. The electric vehicle also has left and right electric motors for driving left and right driven wheels and left and right brakes for braking the left and right driven wheels. The left brake and the speed of the left electric motor are controlled with the left speed control lever, the right brake and the speed of the right electric motor are controlled with the right speed control lever, and a driver can execute changes of direction and pivot turns and spot turns while holding the vehicle in a good attitude. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an electric vehicle with which it is possible to make direction adjustments and turns of the electric vehicle without putting a burden on the driver and it is possible to make direction adjustments and turns with the electric vehicle in a stable state.
To achieve this object and other objects, a first aspect of the invention provides an electric vehicle having: a vehicle body; a left electric motor, mounted on the vehicle body, for driving a left driven wheel; a left brake, mounted on the vehicle body, for braking the left driven wheel; a right electric motor, mounted on the vehicle body, for driving a right driven wheel; a right brake, mounted on the vehicle body, for braking the right driven wheel; left and right control handles extending rearward from the vehicle body; left and right grips provided at the ends of the control handles; a left speed control lever, provided alongside the left grip, for controlling the left electric motor and the left brake; and a right speed control lever, provided alongside the right grip, for controlling the right electric motor and the right brake.
Left and right speed control levers are provided alongside left and right grips, and a left brake and electric motor are controlled with the left speed control lever and a right brake and electric motor are controlled with the right speed control lever.
Consequently, because a driver can operate the left and right speed control levers while holding the left and right grips, the driver can make direction adjustments and turns of the vehicle with the left and right speed control levers while keeping the vehicle in a good attitude with the left and right grips.
Also, because the driver can operate the left and right speed control levers while holding the left and right grips, the driver can easily operate the left and right speed control levers just with the fingers, without moving either hand.
Consequently, the driver can operate the left and right speed control levers with a natural operating feeling (with an easy action)
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