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Electronic Throttle for Electric Bikes

evhub — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:30:12 +0000

Electronic Throttle for Electric Bikes

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Electronic Throttle / Accelerator for Electric Bikes

Technical Specifications

0.8V to 4.5V, Hall sensor based, high performance accelerator that suits standard handle bar of cycle, scooters and other two wheelers India.

Working of this throttle

The throttle has a hall sensor ( linear type ) and a semi circular magnet. As we twist the throttle, the position of hall sensor changes with respect to the throttle and the output voltage varies from 0.8V to 4.5V which will be given input to the micro controller for rotating of motor.

Best suits for Students / Professionals / Hobbyists who are executing electric vehicle projects for passion and academics.

Note:

* The Accelerator is suitable only for electric bikes.

* It does not include left hand grip.

Electric Vehicle Value Chain is Changing

evhub — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:44:18 +0000



The electric vehicle value chain is shown below. Basically, some finishers buy in the capital intensive powertrain from specialist suppliers and do the labour intensive, less technical coachwork to make a vehicle. This is commonplace with military vehicles and buses for instance. The new IDTechEx reports, "Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021" and "Military, Security & Police Electric Vehicles 2011-2021" give the detail on strong examples of this in buses and military vehicles in particular.

On the other hand, some manufacturers do the whole operation, Toyota, the world number one in electric vehicles, and Nissan being examples. Hybrid powertrains are a particularly complex technology, making them a meaningful segment for some time to come. There is nothing new in this: for example, with conventional cars, Rolls Royce has traditionally left the coachwork to others. However, even hybrid powertrains are simplifying and there will be a trend towards vehicle manufacturers buying in range extenders, motors, batteries etc separately and assembling them themselves into optimised systems.

Electric vehicle value chain

[For missing image, contact c.harrington@IDTechEx.com]

Source IDTechEx

By contrast, the smaller and simpler pure electric vehicles already have nothing that can be identified as a powertrain as such. Donald Wu, CEO of Pihsiang, the leader in pure EV three and four wheel scooters used as mobility for the disabled, has now diversified into pure electric microcars and their traction batteries. He has expressed the view that all of these sectors are best addressed by small local companies in future because their construction is relatively straightforward, with no gear train etc.
This illustrates another trend which is for electric vehicle manufacturers to make key components. This is manufacturers are losing added value in moving to the relatively simpler electric versions of their vehicles - less assembly work, smaller aftermarket - and because they see certain components as key to performance and competitive advantage.

Currently the key enabling technologies in electric vehicles are motors, batteries and control systems. For the next ten years, add to that energy harvesting, supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) and range extenders that replace internal combustion engines in hybrids, notably fuel cells and mini turbines.

To illustrate this we see Toyota and Nissan making their batteries and several manufacturers making their own motors and control electronics - a growing trend. Indeed, the new IDTechEx/PatAnalyse computer analysis of 40,000 patents and commercial success reported in, "Advanced Energy Storage Technologies: Patent Trends and Company Positioning" reveals how automotive leaders such as Toyota and Honda are actively patenting supercapacitor technologies. Nissan partner NEC in traction battery manufacture is a leader in both patenting and selling supercapacitors, having been the original inventor. In energy harvesting, Honda has gone into production with the new flexible photovoltaics and Honda staff tell us this is specifically because of the potential use in electric vehicles.

The largest sector of the electric vehicle market by value is cars and the leaders here are therefore playing for the highest stakes. In doing so, they take a particularly broad view of what constitutes key enabling technology. For example, Nissan makes car charging infrastructure, electric traction motors and - through a joint venture - traction batteries all for its pure electric cars. For its pure electric forklift trucks, it buys in many of these things but for how long as they also start to adopt lithium-ion batteries and so on.

Increasingly, manufacturers gain benefits from horizontal integration as well, because it now becomes easier and the leaders are now larger, with more resources to bring to bear. They make many types of vehicle for different applicational sectors, sharing knowhow and sometimes parts purchasing across divisions. That is why the IDTechEx electric vehicle events in the USA and Europe are called, "Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air"www.IDTechEx.com/evEUROPE and uniquely cover the whole subject - the component suppliers and vehicle manufacturers must now have this broad interest. The next such event is in Stuttgart Germany June 28-29; Examples of broadening activity are shown below.

Horizontal integration by some electric vehicle manufacturers

Company Industrial      Commercial      Military        Two Wheel       Car     Marine  Golf car        Mobility for Disabled   Aircraft        Charging
Stations for land vehicles
Aero
Vironment
USA                                                                     •               •
BYD China               •                               •
Daimler Germany •               •               •                       •
GM USA          •               •                       •
Honda Japan     •                               •               •
Hyundai
South
Korea   •               •                               •
Ingersoll Rand USA      •                       •                                       •
Lockheed
Martin USA                      •                               •
Mahindra & Mahindra
India   •               •               •                               •
Nissan
Japan   •               •                               •                                               •
Toyota
Japan   •               •                               •                               •                       •
Yamaha
Japan                           •                               •

Source IDTechEx

The approximate number of manufacturers of electric vehicles is shown below. Clearly consolidation is overdue.

Approximate number of manufacturers of electric vehicles worldwide by application in 2010

Source IDTechEx report "Electric Vehicles 2011-2021"

Most of these are in China, mainly because of the profusion of manufacturers of electric bicycles, where China takes over 90% of global demand. The breakdown for China is as follows.
Number of manufacturers of electric vehicles in China by application in 2010

[For missing image, contact c.harrington@IDTechEx.com]

Source IDTechEx report "Electric Vehicles 2010-2020"

There is a rapidly increasing trend towards component manufacturers getting their products designed into a wide variety of electric vehicle types. Small players often specialise into niches: for example there are traction battery makers that specialise in marine applications. Examples of manufacturers of electric vehicles and their components are shown below. For batteries we include participation in joint ventures.

151 examples of manufacturers of electric vehicles and their key components.

[For missing image, contact c.harrington@IDTechEx.com]


Source IDTechEx

For more information on the reports "Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021" and "Military, Security & Police Electric Vehicles 2011-2021" please contact Sarah Atkinson at s.atkinson@IDTechEx.com

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evhub — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:29:01 +0000

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Mahindra Reva aims to sell 2500 electric cars next year

evhub — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:25:40 +0000

Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Ltd is targetting to sell 2500 cars in the country by next year, a top official today said.

The company is expecting its sales to touch 1200 units this fiscal ending march 2011, Mahindra Reva General Manager (Marketing) Pawan Sachdeva told reporters here.

Mahindra Reva’s new plant at Bangalore would go on stream by April next year and it would have a production capacity of 30,000 units per annum, he said. The present capacity of the existing plant is 1200 to 1500 units per month.

The company is also exporting its cars to various countries, including, UK, Norway, Spain and France.

It is also working on a four seater model of cars, which would be ready by 2012.

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2011 Chevrolet Volt: An Amercian dream becomes reality

evhub — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:24:47 +0000

Enough with the whispers and off-the-record remarks from engineers. We finally had the chance to drive a production-model 2011 Chevrolet Volt… well, almost. Let’s say that the version we tried is very close to what will soon be sold to American consumers. And, you guessed it, Canadians will have to wait until next spring!

The concept behind the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is so simple that it actually required a lot of thought. Since all-electric vehicles are still unable to offer enough range to suit most drivers, the GM engineers had the brilliant idea of pairing a gas engine with two electric motors. In this case, the gas engine does not power the front wheels. Instead, it acts a generator whose only function is to recharge the battery. For more information on its technical workings, read the article that my colleague Denis Duquet wrote about the 2011 Volt.

The beauty behind the Volt
To make a long story short, the Volt can cover 40 miles (65 km) on a single charge. That means that if you live 30 km from your work, you can do the round trip in all-electric mode. If, however, you have a longer distance to cover, the gas engine will kick in to provide electricity to the battery. A while ago, a hot debate was triggered when various websites claimed that the Volt’s gas engine powered the vehicle’s wheels. But one of the engineers (and a pretty one at that) in charge of the Volt project, and who accompanied us on our test drive, maintains that this is not the case. The confusion arises from the fact that when energy demands are very high, the power produced by the gas engine is immediately used by the electric engines instead of transiting through the battery.

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Future of Electric Vehicles conference a buzzing success

evhub — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:22:56 +0000

This week saw the Future of Electric Vehicles USA 2010 conference take place in San Jose, California. Billed as “the world’s only event that covers all forms of electric vehicles – land, water, and air,” it included a series of presentations on new technologies, an exhibit hall, and master classes that featured trips to nearby Silicon Valley tech development firms. Gizmag was one of the main sponsors of the event, and we were there to learn more about what’s happening in the world of EVs.

The conference opened with an address from company Chairman Dr. Peter Harrop, who gave an overview of the present state and future of the EV industry.

First of all, despite how much we hear about vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and TeslaRoadster, Harrop pointed out that cars make up only about half the market for EVs. This will likely continue to be the case, with two-wheelers such as scooters and e-bikes constituting a significant portion of the other half. His company predicts that about 5 to 18 percent of cars will be pure electric or hybrid by 2020, and that the advent of technologies such as smart skins and energy-harvesting components will greatly enhance their performance – smart skin technology proposes that multi-layer materials making up the outside of the vehicle serve as its battery and/or photovoltaic system. Not all the new tech will be brand new, however… Harrop also spoke of a sense of déjà vu within the EV industry, in which some hundred-year-old ideas (such as wheel-mounted pancake motors) have been making a comeback.

BUILDING THE RIGHT KIND OF CARS
Prof. Pietro Perlo, Senior Director at Research Center Fiat, hit upon a point that was echoed by other presenters. “A vehicle has to be born electrical,” he stated. “We used to say, ‘A vehicle has to be born smart,’ because if you’re born stupid, you can go to university, but at the end you remain stupid.” In other words, throwing an electric motor and battery pack in a car designed for a combustion engine is not the way to go. He said that such cars could take advantage of smart onboard photovoltaic systems, along with an “Internet of Energy,” that would link producers, suppliers and consumers of energy in an electronic smart grid system.

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IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2010 award winners

evhub — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:20:48 +0000

December 8, 2010
IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2010 award winners
Santa Clara, CA

The fourth annual printed electronics winners were announced on Dec 1st at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Santa Clara, USA. The awards recognize outstanding progress in the development and commercialization of printed electronics, an industry that produces a huge amount of technical innovation which will be used in many products.

The entries were judged by an eminent panel comprising of Dr Steven Novack, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), USA; Professor Iain McCulloch, Imperial College London, UK and Professor Vivek Subramanian, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

The award ceremony is part of the IDTechEx event Printed Electronics USA 2010 – which was attended by over 1200 people from 28 countries – the world’s largest event on the topic.

In summary, the winners for each category are as follows:

Best Technical Development Materials Award – IBM

Best Technical Development Manufacturing Award – AIXTRON

Academic R&D Award – University of California, San Diego

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2nd Annual Electric Vehicles Asia , 27 – 30 September 2010, Renaissance Seoul Hotel, Seoul, Korea

evhub — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:59:27 +0000

2nd Annual Electric Vehicles Asia , 27 – 30 September 2010, Renaissance Seoul Hotel, Seoul, Korea
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There are strong growth potentials in the EV charging infrastructure market as well. Cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that a total of 4.7 million such charge points will be installed worldwide during the period from 2010 to 2015.

In terms of connection to the grid, “the infrastructure can only be successful if the charging plugs and so on are standardized”, says Van den Bossche, Secretary of IEC TC (Technical Committee) 69.

The 2nd Annual Electric Vehicles Asia: http://www.asiaelectricvehicles.com/ this 28 – 29 September 2010 in Seoul will bring together industry key players from government sectors, international vehicle manufactures, key component manufactures and technology providers from around the world to capitalize on this new & emerging business opportunity.

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- Mr. Chi Dong Kim, Director General, Bureau of Knowledge Industry Standards, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
- Mr. Peter Van Den Bossche, Secretary of TC 69, IEC
- Mr. Shizuo Abe, General Manager, Hybrid Vehicle Engineering, Toyota Motor Corporation
- Mr. Kenishiro Wada, Senior Expert, Electric Vehicle Department, Mitsubishi Motors
- Mr. Kuniaki Tatsumi, Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
- Mr. He Bin, Chief Engineer, Vehicle System Control, Chery China
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PLUS – don’t miss the Pre and Post Conference Workshops: http://asiaelectricvehicles.com/electric-vehicles-asia-workshops.php that have also been lined up on 27 September and 30 September:

1) Standardizing the Global Electric Vehicle Industry
Led by: Mr. Peter Van Dan Bossche, Secretary of TC 69 IEC

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2nd Annual Smart Grids Asia

evhub — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:57:02 +0000

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2nd Annual Smart Grids Asia
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Optimising Power Quality, Efficiency & Reliability
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2 – 5 November 2010, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
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The 2nd Annual Smart Grids Asia Summit Agenda & Speaker Line-Up is Now Available!

Join your industry colleagues in examining Asia’s roadmap towards optimizing and delivering quality, efficient and reliable supply of electricity at this premier event.

The 2nd Annual Smart Grids Asia Summit will look at the business case for smarter grids, regulatory frameworks necessary to achieve a smart grid, and standards which need to be in place to ensure the interoperability of various communication technologies that make the smart grid work.

Find out what Singapore, Australia, India, Japan and Korea have in store to achieve their national smart grid and learn from internationally renowned smart grid case studies and demonstration projects all the way from the US, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Greece and Sweden.

Now is your chance to take part in the investments going into revolutionizing Asia’s transmission and distribution infrastructure – find out how, where and when to best meet Asia’s future electricity needs at the Smart Grids Asia Summit in Singapore this 2 – 5 November 2010!

Get your copy of the conference brochure which is now available here to learn what’s new for 2010 or visit the website at www.smartgridssummit.com today for more information on the programme agenda and expert speaker line-up.

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Featuring Asia-Pacific Government & Utility Presentations:
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- Yoshifumi Murase, Director Information Economy Division, Commerce & Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy Trade & Industry Japan
- Director, Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea
- Sunil Wadhwa , CEO & Executive Director, North Delhi Power India
- Harry Schnapp,Demand Side Manager/Strategic Projects/ND&RA, TransGrid Australia
- Xue Yusheng, Honorary President, State Grid EPRI China
- SS Kacker, Deputy General Manager, Energy Efficiency & Monitoring Group, National Thermal Power Corporation, India
- S.K Singh, Deputy General Manager, Operations, National Thermal Power Corporation, India

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Plus, don’t miss out on the Pre-Summit Workshop taking place on 2 November 2010, which will touch on “Smart Distribution Management Systems & Feeder Automation”.

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Electrotherm in talks to acquire US-based Firefly

evhub — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:56:05 +0000

Gujarat’s electric two-wheeler maker Electrotherm India Ltd(EIL) is looking to acquire Illinois based lead acid battery manufacturer Firefly Energy. The US-based company has already filed for bankruptcy in March. EIL owns the popular electric scooter brand ‘Yobykes’.
“Yes, negotiations are in a very advanced stage with Firefly. It makes electric batteries, and is a suitable acquisition target for us as there are significant synergies. The company has already filed for bankruptcy in the US,” confirmed a highly placed source in the company. However, he refused to divulge details on the probable deal size, but Electrotherm could be purchasing Firefly’s assets.
Firefly has a loan of over $6 million with PNC Bank. Peoria City and County are the guarantors for the loan who are now moving forward with an agreement to allow Electrotherm to buy Firefly’s assets including its patents for batteries. Sources in Electrotherm said that they are cautiously optimistic that a deal would work out whereby EIL would be able to acquire Firefly’s assets.

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