Design and Development of Prototype Electric Vehicle

Abstract

This work aims to design and develop a prototype of electric vehicle and to assess the performance of the developed electric vehicle. The prototype of electric vehicle was designed and created with SolidWorks program. The automotive design was characterized by a four-wheel structure, two rear wheels drive system. Using Brushless DC motor (BLDC) as the actuator of the system to work with lithium iron phosphate batteries that was used as the main power of the electric system. And design the transmission system with chain and gears to customize the speed of electric vehicle.  The results showed that the maximum speed for one passenger is 29.4 kilometer per hour and two passengers is 28.4 kilometer per hour, respectively. The maximum drivable distance per charge is 21.398 kilometers with 46.48 minutes and uses 8 kilowatt×hour of electric power consumption per charge, with a cost of 35 Baht per time.