Electric Vehicles Are a Zero-Emission Technology?

Electric vehicles are a recent technology which has a zero emission duringits use and is looking for an important role in the technology and market. Electricvehicles have several advantages. The main concern of this project is to analyse and design a charge controller to charge electric vehicles using single phase AC supply and also to prevent over chargingofthebattery. Various energy management waysfor a powered Electric vehicles has been studied and a suitable method has been selected.An Electric vehicle can be charged by using AC supply which is taken from the grid or by using solar panels.This proposed system can be installed and used in any public places.

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INCUMBENCY AND THE DISRUPTIVE REGULATOR: THE CASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA

International Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1142/s1363919604001106 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 08 (04) ◽

pp. 339-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

ALAN PILKINGTON ◽

ROMANO DYERSON

Keyword(s):

Electric Vehicles ◽

Internal Combustion Engines ◽

Past Century ◽

Combustion Engines ◽

Strategic Responses ◽

The Past ◽

Path Dependencies ◽

Zero Emission ◽

Complementary Assets ◽

Emission Legislation

For much of the past century, the automobile sector has been dominated by a handful of oligopolistic firms, protected through path dependencies and the build up of complementary assets. But that very dominance built upon years of experience and translated into the periodic release of incrementally innovative new car designs, may now be threatened by the actions of regulators in California and elsewhere, in mandating emission friendly cars. The biggest challenge in this area has been the demand for zero emission vehicles resulting from Californian regulations. Zero emission legislation mandates the use of technologies radically different from those used in the development of internal combustion engines. Such technology acts in a disruptive manner on the existing skills base of the automobile firms, negating some of the benefits of incumbency. With little or no experience of the systems needed to develop a viable electric vehicle — batteries, electric motors and controllers — the established automobile manufacturers have struggled with a strategic question: how to incorporate disruptive elements into a mature organisation. This paper explores the nature of the regulatory threat and the strategic responses generated by the automobile firms.

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A DCT-Based Driving Cycle Generation Method and Its Application for Electric Vehicles

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2015/178902 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Cheng Lin ◽

Li Zhao ◽

Xingqun Cheng ◽

Wenwei Wang

Keyword(s):

Energy Management ◽

Electric Vehicles ◽

Internal Combustion Engines ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Driving Cycle ◽

Combustion Engines ◽

Zero Emission ◽

Working Status ◽

Frequency Sequence ◽

Management Algorithms

Nowadays, many widely used driving cycle (DC) representing and generating methods are designed for traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE). The real-world driving is viewed as a sequence of acceleration, cruise, deceleration, and idle modes. The emission and fuel consumption in each period should be taken into account carefully. However, for electric vehicles (EVs), most of them are powered by low or zero-emission renewable energy sources. The working status and energy management algorithms of them are very different from traditional vehicles. To facilitate the EV design, we proposed a novel DC representing and construction method to generate DCs for EVs. The whole driving route is divided into several length-fixed segments and each of these segments is converted into a frequency sequence. After doing that, we can adjust the frequency and amplitude of the generated driving cycle directly. The experiment results showed that the proposed method was effective and convenient.

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