Title :
Battery management: the tortoise and hare approach to racing electric vehicles
Author :
Hansen, Kelsey ; Bailey, Roger ; Rykiel, Marty ; Reed, Helen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
There are different “fuels” available for electric vehicles in the form of NiCad, nickel-metal hydride or the more conventional lead-acid batteries. This paper describes Arizona State University´s (ASUs) experience with NiCad batteries in its university electric formula racing car, the Formula Lightning. In particular the paper describes the car and the battery management system for the SAFT STM 140 Ah flooded cell NiCad battery
Keywords :
cadmium; electric vehicles; nickel; secondary cells; Arizona State University; Formula Lightning; Ni-Cd; Ni-Cd batteries; SAFT STM 140 Ah flooded cell NiCad battery; battery management system; electric vehicles; university electric formula racing car; Aerospace engineering; Battery management systems; Brushless DC motors; Brushless motors; DC motors; Electric vehicles; Fuels; Lightning; Motor drives; Product development;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1998., The Thirteenth Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4098-1
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1998.653894
