Design and construction of an electric minibus

Author

Apak, Ahmet ; Koyuncuoglu, Yigit ; Heceoglu, Hasan ; Samur, Ali Behlul ; Dogan, Umut ; Kurtulus, Erkan ; Unver, Bulent ; Gokasan, Metin ; Mugan, Ata

Author_Institution

Mechatron. Center, Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 April 2011

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

89

Abstract

The design and construction stages of an electric minibus planned as a shuttle on the university campus are presented in this article. The electric vehicle (EV) is powered by an electric motor and no gear box is used. The criteria used in the choice of the electric motor, battery and power electronic units are presented. Important design parameters of electric vehicle are explained with a structural diagram. In addition, the controller of the vehicle and the communication between vehicle controller and motor controller via CAN Communication are given. Simulation studies are carried out to evaluate the energy consumption and the performance of selected components. Following, the first prototype electric minibus is constructed and tested. Various controllers are tested on the vehicle to improve the safety and efficiency.

Keywords

controller area networks; electric vehicles; energy consumption; machine control; CAN communication; electric minibus; electric motor; energy consumption; motor controller; vehicle controller; Vehicles; electric vehicle; vehicle control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics (ICM), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-982-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971239

Filename

5971239