System Design and PV Sizing of a Micro Solar Electric Vehicle for Pakistan

Abstract

Transport sector is the third largest contributor of GHG emissions globally. To counter this, global EV adoption has been increasing at a rapid rate. However, Pakistan has been left far behind in this race and is very slow to EV adoption, due to a number of factors including energy shortfall, lack of purchase power and absence of charging infrastructure to name a few. Therefore, a design for simple yet economical micro solar electric vehicle has been proposed. This paper covers the sizing and system design for the solar PV system for a solar electric vehicle on HOMER Pro. It also gives an economic analysis of all the components involved.