Energy efficiency in electric golf carts

Author

Kellogg, Edward C. ; Araiza, Jorge, Jr. ; Cromie, Richard ; Smith, Jordan W.

Author_Institution

Southern California Edison, Electr. Vehicle Tech. Center, Pomona, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1279

Lastpage

1285

Abstract

Southern California Edison´s Electric Vehicle Technical Center (EVTC), in cooperation with industry participants, conducted a test for the US Navy´s Seal Beach golf course to determine the energy savings possible due to improvements in technologies. Test protocols to evaluate the vehicle, battery, and charger systems were developed by the EVTC based on laboratory and real world experience and were incorporated into the new California Energy Commission Energy Efficiency Battery Charger System Test Procedure. As a significant result of this work, more efficient battery charging systems and vehicle drive systems will penetrate markets in California and be distributed in other Navy installations.

Keywords

battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; military equipment; Navy installation; battery charger system; beach golf course; electric golf cart; Battery powered vehicles; Electric vehicles; Energy efficiency; Frequency; Performance evaluation; Power industry; Seals; System testing; Transportation; Vehicle driving; California Energy Commision; Electric vehicle; charger efficiency; drive efficiency; golf cart;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2009. VPPC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2600-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2601-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289702

Filename

5289702