Design and construction of an electric minibus

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

doi:10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971239

Design and construction of an electric minibus

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

Istanbul Technical University

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011 - Proceedings
Pages	84-89
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971239
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 13 Apr 2011 → 15 Apr 2011

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Name	2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011 - Proceedings

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Conference	2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	13/04/11 → 15/04/11

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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electric vehicle
vehicle control

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Apak, A., Koyuncuoglu, Y., Heceoglu, H., Samur, A. B., Dogan, U., Kurtulus, E., Unver, B., Gokasan, M., & Mugan, A. (2011). Design and construction of an electric minibus. In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011 - Proceedings (pp. 84-89). Article 5971239 (2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011 - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971239

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Design and construction of an electric minibus. / Apak, Ahmet; Koyuncuoglu, Yigit; Heceoglu, Hasan et al.
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