Title :
Development of a high performance electric vehicle
Author :
Shimizu, Hiroshi ; Harada, Junji ; Chan, Lam ; Kawakami, Kiyomoto ; Ochiai, June
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
The Eco Vehicle project started in 1994 to develop a tandem style two seater vehicle which was high performance, ultra-small size and light weight. The Eco Vehicle will be developed from a ground-up design, incorporating new technology. New designs for the Eco Vehicle include the in-wheel motor drive system, a hollow load floor which house the batteries, and a new battery management system. The length of the vehicle will be 3.3 m; the width will be only 1.2 m; and the weight will be about 880 kg, including a battery weight of 269 kg. The range is expected to be 150 km in the Japanese 10 mode city driving schedule; the maximum velocity will be 130 km/h; and the 0 to 400 m acceleration time will be 17 seconds. Assembly of the first Eco Vehicle is planned to be completed by the summer of 1996
Keywords :
battery chargers; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; power supplies to apparatus; project engineering; secondary cells; traction motor drives; 1.2 m; 130 km/h; 150 km; 17 s; 269 kg; 3.3 m; 880 kg; Eco Vehicle project; battery management system; ground-up design; high performance electric vehicle; hollow load floor; in-wheel motor drive system; secondary batteries; tandem style two seater vehicle; Assembly; Battery powered vehicles; Brushless DC motors; DC motors; Electric vehicles; Gears; Motor drives; Tiles; Vehicle driving; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, Control, and Instrumentation, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE IECON 22nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2775-6
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1996.570894
