Trends and Problems on Ultra-Small Electric Vehicle Competition pico-EV Eco Challenge

Abstract

The pico-EV・Eco Challenge is a competition in which the vehicles which carried a person run during 20 minutes using a low powered battery (7.2 V, approximately 1000mAh).This competition was held for the first time in 2012. The 2020 competition was canceled and the 2021 and 2022 competitions were held online. The 2023 competition was held as a hybrid of on-site and online. In this paper, trends and problems on this competition are clarified. And, , the motor, the reduction ratio, the body specifications, and so on about the vehicles on the pico-EV Eco Challenge 2022 and 2023 were introduced.