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This study analyses the feasibility of electric 3-wheeled motorcycle-taxis in Dar es Salaam from a technical and user oriented point of view on the power train. Based on the experiences and expectations of an interviewed group of drivers, two electric power train variants for 3-wheeled vehicles have been set up and compared. In order to calculate the vehicle energy demand, a simulation model has been set up. This model uses a drive cycle that has been generated for the specific location of Dar es Salaam using GPS tracks recorded during a field trip. Results contain the vehicle battery weight, energy demand and range for varied battery capacities. Finally, a possible power train variant is suggested.

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Availability of Data and MaterialTwo type of data sources where used for this paper: Firstly, travel survey data from Berlin, Hamburg, Copenhagen and Paris. All travel survey datasets that we used require a special permission by their owners and cannot be made publicly available through us. Secondly, we carried out an expert survey amongst which we describe precisely in our paper. We cannot make these data available to the public as we did not ask the experts for their permission on this, and we consider that the new data privacy laws of the EU would not allow us doing so without permission.