Selection of Electric Motorcycles with The CRITIC-COPRAS Method
Chapter from the book: Bayram, A. T. (ed.) 2023. Research on Social Sciences- V.

Turgut Karabulut
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University

Synopsis

Electric motorcycles are one of the preferred vehicles in both business and daily life in Türkiye due to the increasing fuel costs, ease of use, low purchase price, and positive impact on the environment. However, determining which electric motorcycle consumers in Türkiye would prefer poses a problem. The aim of this study is to determine the ranking of electric motorcycles available for sale in Türkiye. In order to make the ranking, criteria such as charging distance, charging time, motor power, maximum speed, and price have been considered. Additionally, the following brands and models of electric motorcycles available for sale in Türkiye have been taken as alternatives: Arora-Herkül, City Coco-V2, Falcon-EnjoyPlus, Kral Motor-KR25 AVA 5000, Kuba-GT5, Mondial-E-Mon Empre, Motolux-ALF Plus Luxi RKS-Neron X, Stmax-Roket 3000, Volta-VS5 Max, YUKİ-Sportman-S. The CRITIC method, which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods, has been used to determine the importance levels of the criteria, and the COPRAS method, another multi-criteria decision-making method, has been used to rank the alternatives. According to the findings of the study, it has been determined that the highest level of importance belongs to the price criterion. The ranking of the importance levels of the other criteria is as follows: charging time, maximum speed, motor power, and charging distance. According to these criteria and importance levels, it has been determined that the top-ranked brand and model in the best motorcycle ranking is Volta-VS5 Max, and the lowest-ranked motorcycle brand and model is City Coco-V2.

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Karabulut, T. (2023). Selection of Electric Motorcycles with The CRITIC-COPRAS Method. In: Bayram, A. T. (ed.), Research on Social Sciences- V. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub168.c884

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June 25, 2023

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