Study of a vehicle conversion from internal combustion engine to electric drive

Author

Vrazic, Mario ; Vuljaj, Damir ; Pavasovic, Arsen ; Paukovic, Hrvoje

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Machines, Drives & Autom., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 May 2014

Firstpage

1544

Lastpage

1548

Abstract

A conversion of an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE) to an electric drive vehicle (EV) was a project carried out at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER). This project has lead to valuable conclusions about the ICE to EV conversion, its costs and benefits. The whole process of conversion will be presented in this article, including the applied regulations, total labor and components expenses. Finally, an analysis of the conversion cost-benefit ratio has been done, taking into account lower fuel prices, maintenance costs, battery life etc. The comparison was done between an EV and a diesel ICE vehicle.

Keywords

cost-benefit analysis; diesel engines; electric drives; electric vehicles; secondary cells; FER; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; ICE-EV conversion; battery life; components expenses; conversion cost-benefit ratio; diesel ICE vehicle; electric drive vehicle; fuel prices; internal combustion engine vehicle; maintenance costs; vehicle conversion; Batteries; Battery charge measurement; Current measurement; Fuels; Ice; Propulsion; Vehicles; EV conversion; batteries; cost-benefit ratio; electric vehicle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conference (ENERGYCON), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Cavtat

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENERGYCON.2014.6850628

Filename

6850628