Abstract
In order to prevent the global warming, the emission of greenhouse gases must be reduced. In the public transportation, an electric bus is suitable for realizing this. However, electric vehicles have been limited to political uses in public corporations due to the constraint of the battery weight. Therefore, the electric bus system charged at every bus stop has been proposed. In addition, the charging of electric power generated from green energy sources has been proposed. One of the characteristics is light weight of the storage device. A simulator calculating the consumption energy between bus stops is required in order to utilize this advantage. Therefore, the author has developed the simulator using a single-seat electric vehicle. However, the effect of the number of passengers can not have been confirmed. In this study, a minivan is converted into the electric vehicle, and the effect on the passenger number is examined. Then, the simulator, which calculates the consumption energy between bus stops considering the effect of the passenger number, is developed.
