KOREASCHOLAR

Many studies for personal mobility are increasing at the latest. One part of personal mobility study is electric scooter. Driving elements of electric scooter are battery and motor, patterns of vehicle being proposed multiply by manufacturer. The old and the infirm's population in domestic and abroad increases day by day. Thus, the personal vehicle for them that can be managed easily is needed for them. Following the trend “personal mobility”, this study propose electric-drive scooter which is portable and compact. Prototypes of proposed models are manufactured to commercialize it. As results, adopt of foldable type at electric scooter can be decreased size. Also 4-wheel scooter is more stable than 3-wheel sooter.

• 권영웅(Dept. of Smart Mechanics & Automobile, Seoil University) | Young-Woong Kwon Corresponding Author
• 어흥선(Department of Social Welfare, Kyung-Dong University) | Heung-Sun Eu