Abstract
This paper proposes the introduction of a small, light-weight electric vehicle with a single-passenger (Economy-Running EV) operating at minimum power. Driving power source in the trial electric vehicle using a fuel cell with a 24V, 200W is aided by hydrogen storage material filled-up to 1.5MPa instead of a battery. At present, running characteristics of Economy-Running EV using a brushless dc motor as the drive system measures the current and voltage supplied to it, and investigates the mileage when that is run at a specific speed using a filled-up fuel cell. As a result, at a speed of 23km/h, generating current and voltage of fuel cell are 4.5A and 22.5V, respectively. That is, generated output of fuel cell is 101W, and mileage is about 62.5mile (100km).
