Electric vehicles laboratory
Overview
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Laboratory is part of the Autonomous Vehicle Research Group of the Institute of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at TalTech and focuses on various experiments and projects of electric vehicle subsystems. The laboratory is primarily related to teaching, through the subject: “Electric Vehicle Project” and offers students thesis topics and development projects in the field of electric vehicles.
Equipment and facilities
The laboratory has the following equipment:
- EV platform – a so-called “electric car on a table” based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, where all the main nodes of the electric car are separated into modular units that can be interconnected and controlled as a complete system through a self-created controller platform.
- RetroEV – an electric vehicle platform for student projects based on the retro car Pontiac Fiero ’85. More detailed description and information: https://autolab.taltech.ee/portfolio/retroev/
- Steering gear – Electric steering system solution, for automatic precision steering experiments
- AC chargers – Research on flexible control of home chargers and integration with other systems (ABB Terra, 2-port custom)
Main areas of activity
- Investigation of the operation and direct control of electric vehicle nodes
- Providing an environment for EV student theses and projects
- Research on EV charging solutions
- Supporting student formula and Solar students
- Supervision of student theses
Collaboration and projects
Laboratory collaboration and projects are carried out through the Autonomous Vehicles research group (see also https://autolab.taltech.ee)
Team and contact
Prof. Raivo Sell
Researcher: Heiko Pikner
The laboratory is part of the Autonomous Vehicles Research Group, see also https://autolab.taltech.ee
Contact us for visiting and cooperation!