Title :
Design of an electric vehicle for the Maltese islands
Author :
Cilia, Joseph ; Spiteri Staines, Cyril ; Buttigieg, Victor ; CARUANA, Cedric ; Apap, Maurice
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Power & Control Eng., Univ. of Malta, Malta
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of an electric vehicle (EV) for operation over short distances (approximately 80 km) with an average speed of 80 km/h. These specifications were chosen to fulfil the daily transport needs of a small island such as Malta
Keywords :
battery chargers; electric vehicles; power supplies to apparatus; resonant power convertors; switched mode power supplies; traction motor drives; 80 km; DC power supply system; DSP-inverter set-up; EL display; GPS module; Malta; SMPS; daily transport needs; electric drive; electric vehicle; electroluminescent display; instrumentation panel display; motor control; on-board navigation; push-pull step-down converter; resonant converter battery charger; short distance operation; small island; zero emissions vehicle; Batteries; Circuits; Digital signal processing; Displays; Electric vehicles; Global Positioning System; Inverters; Reactive power; Switched-mode power supply; Torque control;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2001. ICECS 2001. The 8th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7057-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2001.957559
