DocumentCode
3478899
Title
EV conversion kit for light truck
Author
Utsumi, Hiroaki ; Komiya, Gen ; Fukuda, Motohisa ; Ohta, Hitoyoshi ; Hasuike, Hiroshi ; Hoshiba, Yasushi
Author_Institution
Tokyo R&D Co. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
17-20 Nov. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We developed an EV conversion kit for light truck to promote “pure (battery)” commercial EV. Operation of EV trucks can be arranged according to the capacity of battery installed generally because light trucks for deliveries inside cities are used in limited areas, fixed routes and scheduled operation time. Light delivery trucks are mostly used in food industry to make small amount deliveries and most of such trucks are equipped with freezer-refrigerator. We mounted a freezer-refrigerator on the converted EV truck, optimized the specification through demonstration and validated amount of CO2 reduction.
Keywords
air pollution control; battery powered vehicles; refrigerators; EV conversion kit; EV trucks; carbon dioxide reduction; freezer-refrigerator equipment; light delivery trucks; pure commercial EV; Batteries; Business; Power demand; Reliability; Temperature measurement; Traction motors; Vehicles; BEV(battery electric vehicle); EV(electric vehicle); demonstration; truck;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS27), 2013 World
Conference_Location
Barcelona
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EVS.2013.6914895
Filename
6914895
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