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vehicle in the night and rainy season when there is no sunlight. Some technical breakthroughs are required to overcome this problem. With a big solar
panel on the roof the space available for the user is less therefore designing
the car for commercial applications is a big design challenge. The solar panel
adds weight to the car weight thereby affecting the car performance in terms
of speed and load carrying capacity.
10.7 Applications of Electric Vehicles
Depending on the special requirements of a particular operation in specific
industries, the following are some of the varieties of materials handling
equipment (Sivaramaiah and Subramanian 1992):
• Electric truck for use in steel plant soaking pit
• Electric truck for frame and channel handling and mounting stud
planter and stud puller in aluminum industries
• Fork-lift truck for bale handling
• Electric truck for batch trolleys in textile industries
• Electric truck for die handling and for use as an order picker
• Electric truck for inter-bay movements
• Electric locomotive for mines
• Electric tow truck for handling passenger luggage at airports
• Electric vehicle for passenger movement at airports
10.8 Benefits of Electric Vehicles
1. Electric vehicles do not emit greenhouse emissions and toxic exhaust
gases. The EVs are zero emission vehicles if the energy required
to operate the vehicle (i.e., charging of battery) is produced from
renewable energy sources or onboard hydrogen fuel cells.
2. Electric motor is much more efficient than conventional internal
combustion engines.
3. Electric vehicles are noiseless.
4. Electric vehicles reduce the dependency of fossil fuels if they run on
alternative fuels.
Electric Vehicles
vehicle in the night and rainy season when there is no sunlight. Some technical breakthroughs are required to overcome this problem. With a big solar
panel on the roof the space available for the user is less therefore designing
the car for commercial applications is a big design challenge. The solar panel
adds weight to the car weight thereby affecting the car performance in terms
of speed and load carrying capacity.
10.7 Applications of Electric Vehicles
Depending on the special requirements of a particular operation in specific
industries, the following are some of the varieties of materials handling
equipment (Sivaramaiah and Subramanian 1992):
• Electric truck for use in steel plant soaking pit
• Electric truck for frame and channel handling and mounting stud
planter and stud puller in aluminum industries
• Fork-lift truck for bale handling
• Electric truck for batch trolleys in textile industries
• Electric truck for die handling and for use as an order picker
• Electric truck for inter-bay movements
• Electric locomotive for mines
• Electric tow truck for handling passenger luggage at airports
• Electric vehicle for passenger movement at airports
10.8 Benefits of Electric Vehicles
1. Electric vehicles do not emit greenhouse emissions and toxic exhaust
gases. The EVs are zero emission vehicles if the energy required
to operate the vehicle (i.e., charging of battery) is produced from
renewable energy sources or onboard hydrogen fuel cells.
2. Electric motor is much more efficient than conventional internal
combustion engines.
3. Electric vehicles are noiseless.
4. Electric vehicles reduce the dependency of fossil fuels if they run on
alternative fuels.