Title :
Performance study of electric vehicles in Macau
Author :
Ching, T.W. ; Xu, Tao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromech. Eng., Univ. of Macau, Macau, China
Abstract :
Being a city with small geographical size (29.9 sq.km) limiting the travel range of vehicles, Macau has great potential for EV implementation. Researchers and engineers have concentrated on the improvement of EV performance through the advances in batteries, motors, converters, controllers and relevant auxiliaries, with enormous successes. Now, it comes to the stage of commercialization! Before adapting EVs, it is important to understand their performances in Macau. This paper aims to analyze the performance of EVs and compared with internal combustion engine and hybrid vehicles. Viability of EVs will be simulated using both Federal Urban Driving Schedule and Macau Driving Cycle.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; internal combustion engines; EV performance; Macau driving cycle; electric vehicles; federal urban driving schedule; hybrid vehicles; internal combustion engine; Batteries; Cities and towns; Engines; Hybrid electric vehicles; Petroleum; electric vehicles; performance evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3099-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2014.6900957
