VEP: Electric Vehicle

Presentation of an electric vehicle (EV) running and also its design process. This EV was part of an End of Course Work at Faculty of Engineering at Porto (FEUP) supported by a portuguese company (A. C. Araújo Lda.). Visit the project webpage at www.fe.up.pt/~ee01086/vep and the company's wepage at www.acarvalhoaraujo.pt

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• electric
• vehicle
• feup
• portugal
• electronics
• vep

[brightingsky2009]

T hey have made something thats not new.

[soueutb]

Please notice the project was develop in 2006. There was not much going on about EVs back then.

[brightingsky2009]

Dear soueutb,

Well sir, I didn't knew that! But in those day's in europe we were making a lot EV back then. A lot of disabled people are using this kind of transport. And it is working perfect! (reach 50-60 mls) Sir, I thank you for sending me this information.

Kind regards,

brigthingsky2009

[soueutb]

Thank you for your comment,

It is in fact true that small EVs are available for disable people since some years ago. However they use a simpler technology: DC motors (as for Golf cars).

One innovation of this project , among others, is the use of an AC motor to get better efficiency and performance.

[xiang930706]

lol is that its top speed or is he driving slow

[soueutb]

Of course is driving slowly, this is a pedestrian zone.

[dillroy333]

why is everybody caught up on the long-range electric vehicle? just give me an EV w/ a range of 100 miles. then i can use that as a work vehicle. i will keep my gas car and only use it for the long trips. simple. we need a solution NOW. we don't have time to perfect the technology to replace gas, just phase it out.

[meforutub]

being flexible is to let new ideas come alive & having more options & choices ;)

[9493760]

I DON'T GET HOW AN A.C. SET UP GIVES BETTER EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE?

G. FRONZI

[fairyheli2]

induction motors are not good for ev's as they have little torque and low power/volume ratios, they are designed to run continuously at little load, what you need is a shunt wound dc motor

[hlknTRc]

2:25 (:

[N2B814]

Now anyone who hitch-hikes can repay the favor as they get a free ride ;)

[dtim02]

is it brushless??

[cambigfoot88]

if 3 guys can make this why arnt many people using electric cars??!?!?!?!

[jojomcc1000]

well, if you drive to far will the powercord fall out

haha just joking. nice vehicle

[elfongaro]

that power...

[myleftnutts]

@dillroy333 because anything less than that is "Bullshitt",their is no reason at all for a non-fossil fuel vehicle to have less mileage,than a oil vehicle...."NONE

[Zeropointbug]

Um, yes there was.....