Conference
Solar/Battery Electric Auto Rickshaw Three-Wheeler
Abstract
Auto rickshaws are three-wheeled vehicles used extensively in many Asian countries as taxis of people and goods. Although the vehicle design is well-suited to the environment in which it operates, it is a crude, inefficient design. Due to poor vehicle maintenance and the use of inefficient 2 or 4 stroke engines with very little pollution control, auto rickshaws present a huge pollution problem in major Indian cities. Illinois Institute of …
Authors
Mulhall P; Lukic SM; Wirasingha SG; Lee Y-J; Emadi A
Pagination
pp. 153-159
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
September 1, 2009
DOI
10.1109/vppc.2009.5289856
Name of conference
2009 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference