U07 : From Coast to Coast: Improving Electric Vehicle Range and Safety Via Intelligent Coasting Energy Recovery


Students Michael Wolfe
School IND - King's Christian Collegiate - Oakville
Level Intermediate 9/10 - Grade 9
Group Group 7 - Engineering and Computing III
Abstract The purpose of this project is to create a system that harvests the gravitational kinetic energy of electric vehicles (EV’s) as electricity, while maintaining a constant speed as an EV descends an incline (in relation to the incline). A control system will detect an incline and harvest energy from the motor. This system will automatically keep EVs from accelerating to dangerous speeds and increase range.