Designing Engines of Compact Battery-cars for the Target Speed of 100 km/h Using Nickel-system Primary-cells (Oxyride Dry-cell Batteries) Part 1 Optimization of the Body

Takashi Ashida; Shigeyuki Minami; Hisakazu Fujita; Atsushi Saihara; Hidekazu Uchiyama; Masahiko Odani

doi:10.4130/jaev.5.993

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Designing Engines of Compact Battery-cars for the Target Speed of 100 km/h Using Nickel-system Primary-cells (Oxyride Dry-cell Batteries)

Part 1 Optimization of the Body

Takashi Ashida, Shigeyuki Minami, Hisakazu Fujita, Atsushi Saihara, Hidekazu Uchiyama, Masahiko Odani

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Keywords: electric vehicle, dry battery vehicle, 100 km/h project, oxyride battery, high efficiency vehicle, DD motor, Guinness Book, high-efficiency tire

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2007 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 993-1005

DOI https://doi.org/10.4130/jaev.5.993

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Abstract

In an attempt to convince people that battery-cars are high-efficiency vehicles, a project was conducted to demonstrate that dry-cell battery-powered vehicles can carry people and run at 100 km/h. Various types of resistance to run were reduced; the numbers of batteries on board, the shape of the vehicles, and the power-train were optimized; and the cars accomplished a top speed of 115.9 km/h at the Shirosato Test-course of the Japan Automobile Research Institute in Ibaraki-prefecture, on August 4, 2007. This paper describes the designs of the vehicles, and the motors and tires, in this research project.

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