Advanced concepts in electric vehicle design

Author

Shimizu, Hiroshi ; Harada, Junji ; Bland, Colby ; Kawakami, Kiyomoto ; Chan, Lam

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

44

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

18

Abstract

In 1994, the Eco-Vehicle Project was begun to develop an electric vehicle (EV) using a ground-up design approach that incorporates unique designs specific to an EV. The Eco-Vehicle will be a high-performance, but ultrasmall, battery-powered vehicle. New designs for the Eco-Vehicle include an in-wheel motor drive system, a hollow load floor which will house the batteries, and a new battery management system. The Eco-Vehicle may also utilize other advanced concepts suitable especially for EVs, including solar panels for battery charging and intelligent crash avoidance and guidance systems

Keywords

DC motor drives; brushless DC motors; electric vehicles; motor drives; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; solar cells; Eco-Vehicle Project; battery charging; battery management system; battery-powered vehicle; brushless DC motor; electric vehicle design; ground-up design approach; guidance systems; high-performance; hollow load floor; in-wheel motor drive system; intelligent crash avoidance; solar panels; Battery management systems; Battery powered vehicles; Drag; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Land vehicles; Motor drives; Torque; Vehicle crash testing; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.557494

Filename

557494