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Electric Vehicle
Published in Asis Kumar Tripathy, Chiranji Lal Chowdhary, Mahasweta Sarkar, Sanjaya Kumar Panda, Cognitive Computing Using Green Technologies, 2021
Sahil Mishra, Sanjaya Kumar Panda, Bhabani Kumari Choudhury
These challenges have been faced by EVs for a very long time and researchers are working on how to get rid of most of the hurdles in the way of EVs. Charging the EVs remain the biggest problem. More specifically, a shortage of electricity is one of the factors. So, governments should go for non-conventional sources of energy to produce electricity like wind energy, solar energy, and tidal energy. This could reduce the problem of shortage of electricity to a certain extent [23]. Not only that, but the cost of electricity could also be cut by a great margin. Recharge stations need to be installed in multiple places around the globe. Solar cars have not been a great success due to the limited charging capacity of solar energy. If the solar panels are embedded into the whole body of the car, this would increase the surface area and may provide better charging capacity. EV manufacturers can install their private recharging stations and charge the users per use [24]. Electrolyte leakage can easily be avoided by replacing Lithium-ion batteries with solid-state batteries that are made of solid components. They provide extended lifetime, large temperature range with minimal requirement of cooling mechanism [25].
Hybrid Power for Mobile Systems
Published in Yatish T. Shah, Hybrid Power, 2021
A solar vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic (PV) cells contained in solar panels convert the sun's energy directly into electric energy. The term “solar vehicle” usually implies that solar energy is used to power all or part of a vehicle's propulsion. Solar power may also be used to provide power for communications or controls or other auxiliary functions. Solar vehicles are not sold as practical day-to-day transportation devices at present, but are primarily demonstration vehicles and engineering exercises, often sponsored by government agencies. However, indirectly solar-charged vehicles are widespread and solar boats are available commercially. Solar cars depend on PV cells to convert sunlight into electricity to drive electric motors. Unlike solar thermal energy which converts solar energy to heat, PV cells directly convert sunlight into electricity [9,10].
Modular Systems for Energy Usage in Vehicles
Published in Yatish T. Shah, Modular Systems for Energy Usage Management, 2020
A solar vehicle is an EV powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, PV cells contained in solar panels convert the Sun’s energy directly into electric energy. The term “solar vehicle” usually implies that solar energy is used to power all or part of a vehicle’s propulsion. Solar power may be also used to provide power for communications or controls or other auxiliary functions. All solar powered (fully or partially) are modular in their design. Solar vehicles are not sold as practical day-to-day transportation devices at present but are primarily demonstration vehicles and engineering exercises, often sponsored by government agencies. However, indirectly solar-charged vehicles are widespread and solar boats are available commercially. Solar cars depend on PV cells to convert sunlight into electricity to drive electric motors. Unlike solar thermal energy which converts solar energy to heat, PV cells directly convert sunlight into electricity [74–76].
Optimal material for solar electric vehicle application using an integrated Fuzzy-COPRAS model
Published in Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 2023
Dipanjan Ghose, Sudeep Pradhan, Pratyasha Tamuli
Due to the stated reasons, there arises an utmost necessity for renovation of the already existing traditional automobile sector and hence numerous studies and researches have been initiated on the same grounds (Pu et al. 2018). Renewable energy, especially the concept of solar vehicles is slowly taking shape in the general market. The first solar car known to have hit the roads was in 1987 by Hans Tholstrup, a Danish adventurer in Sydney, Australia (Taha et al. 2010). Despite being a pollution-free and environmental-friendly substitute for the present transport industry, due to the limitations of input provided by the solar panels on the car, solar vehicles still fail to find a place in terms of regular usage (Article: Solar Vehicle). The solar cells are only efficient to convert 15–30% of the sun’s energy for the car’s usage, making them limited in efficiency (Article: Solar vehicles – Pros and Cons). Due to this restriction, solar vehicles must be as optimized as possible to extract most of the converted energy for improvised performance (Article: Solar Vehicle). Even differences in weights like 2000 or 3000 pounds vehicles have questionable practical usage (Article: Solar Vehicle). Thus selection of an optimum material which is lightweight, economic, and technically sound in nature is an utmost necessity in the manufacture of solar vehicles.
Mastering the Hard Stuff: The History of College Concrete-Canoe Races and the Growth of Engineering Competition Culture
Published in Engineering Studies, 2019
Twenty-first-century competition varieties kept multiplying: catapult-building, app-development, cyberdefense, seismic design, solar-car racing, green-energy-house design, and more. The history of SAE vehicle races is typical, in showing how competitions’ dollar-value rose as deep-pocket corporations paced each other in underwriting outreach. In 1991, General Motors facilities hosted Formula SAE; Ford did the same in 1992, Chrysler in 1993, and a joint Big Three consortium provided 1994's sponsorship. Smaller companies also valued contests for providing publicity as well as access to potential interns and future employees. For example, at 2018's SAE, component-maker MacLean-Fogg delivered a specialized workshop to several dozen students and held a separate sub-contest, the ‘MacLean-Fogg Fastening Challenge,’ where Graz University’s team won a thousand dollars by explaining how their vehicle used fasteners to facilitate switching drivers mid-race.77