Title :
Slow and steadywins the race? energy consumption analysis of an EV competition
Author :
Karkkainen, Tommi J. ; Kuisma, Mikko ; Talvitie, Joonas P. ; Strom, Juha-P. ; Silventoinen, Pertti
Author_Institution :
Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Lappeenranta, Finland
Abstract :
Electric vehicle competitions have been organized in order to test the limits of technology. In this paper, we describe a competition for students and the public. The competition was held in Lappeenranta in 2013. We also analyze what kinds of vehicles were used and what the winning strategy was.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; energy consumption; technology; EV competition; Lappeenranta; electric vehicle; energy consumption analysis; public competition; race competition; student competition; technology limitation; winning strategy; Batteries; Educational institutions; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Energy measurement; Lead; Education methodology; Efficiency; Electric vehicle;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lappeenranta
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2014.6910938
