Retrofitting of an IC engine vehicle to electric vehicle with cost & performance analysis
Harshit KUMAR, BHARAT, Ayush SHUKLA, Ashish Rajeshwar KULKARNI
Abstract. This paper presents a method followed for the conversion process of a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle to an electric vehicle (EV). The research specifically considers ARAI laws and guidelines that benefit the process. The paper contains three broad sections. The first section lists the essential electrical components required for the conversion process and their selection respectively based on various parameters. It then describes the conversion setup and procedure in detail. The second section include calculation and determination of all the parameters impacting the vehicle’s performance directly or indirectly. It also includes the cost analysis comparison of the electric vehicle with other popular ICE vehicles. It is hence derived, that the converted vehicle is 12.5 times more cost effective than the most economical vehicle in the dataset. Finally, the third section deals with the performance analysis of the vehicle using specialized electrical hardware setup, and through its simulation model run on GT Suite software, thus analysing the performance of key parameters based on multiple conditions. It is thus concluded that though the speed of the vehicle is less in real time owing to IDC, its range has increased significantly by 22%. The vehicle finally prepared is highly cost effective as well as resilient in its operation.
Keywords
Retrofitting, BLDC Hub Motor, Optimization, Cost Analysis
Published online 3/1/2025, 12 pages
Copyright © 2025 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Harshit KUMAR, BHARAT, Ayush SHUKLA, Ashish Rajeshwar KULKARNI, Retrofitting of an IC engine vehicle to electric vehicle with cost & performance analysis, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 49, pp 174-185, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903438-18
The article was published as article 18 of the book Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development
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