Electric front wheel drive (applies to 48v and 24v systems)
Installation of the drive wheel up front is fast and simple. You remove the non-electric front wheel and mount the new Wheel with embedded drive motor onto the front forks. The selected hub wheel must fit the forks and wheel fender of the tricycle. Wiring for the motor goes on the right as seen from the seated position. It comes up the forks in a manor such the it does not interfere with turning or contact with the tire. This wiring has to pass along the frame past the seat down pipe and joiner and feed into the basket at the front where it must then enter the right hand electronics compartment. There will be 3 motor power wires and 5 sensor wires. The sensor wires tell the controller the relative position of the wheels rotation so the control can better manage speed. Some ebike kits also include a magnetic sensor that mounts with a magnet on the wheel spokes and a sensor lined up on the front fork to send rotation data for speed sense to controller. In this case you will have 10 wires going to the electronics compartment.
All the circuits of the trike operate from 6v and either 24v or 48v depending upon the type of front hub drive. The battery pack supplies both required voltages. More on this later.