A Low Cost and Environment-friendly Electric Vehicle Prototype Model Designed using HREVS Method to Abate Fuel Dependency

Md. Nahidul Alam*, Moin Uddin Siddique, H. R. M. Nazmus Sakib, Imtiaz Hossain and Iftekher Alam Rahat

Abstract: A hybrid vitality framework combines two or more renewable vitality sources to move forward with framework productivity and supply adjustment. Nowadays, vehicles are becoming a gigantic source of control. Among all renewable energy sources, solar and wind are the most proficient at connecting to a car. The Half-breed Renewable Energy Vehicle System (HREVS) proposes charging the vehicle’s battery with half-breed renewable vitality sources. This work’s major goals are to reduce vehicle reliance on fossil fuels, increase dependence on renewable energy sources, and lower fuel costs. Improvement of a battery charging framework for each photovoltaic and wind turbine is outlined independently. At that point, the entire system is combined with a charge controller and a battery. A most extreme control point framework and code have been created for solar-powered tracking utilizing the Perturb and Observe (P & O) strategy. The state of charge (SOC) controls the battery’s charging and depletion. All the issues that were raised are addressed in our proposed method. A wanted yield result from a cross-breed vitality setup has also been explored. A 3D demonstration of a hybrid car is presented using Blender software. A prototype hybrid model car is implemented where the main microcontroller is the Arduino Uno. We propose a hybrid charging structure for electric vehicles with a sophisticated aerodynamic and solar efficiency analysis. Our proposed design is simulated and implemented like a prototype model to show the effectiveness of the design. The tests and reruns show that the proposed system can make power and reduce the amount of fuel used. 

Keywords: Half-breed energy, HREVS, fossil fuel, perturb and observe (P&O), state of charge (SOC)

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