ITS Launches Electric Cars

JAKARTA - MI: Ten November Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya launches eco-friendly electric cars, aims to reduce air pollution.

Head of Energy Conversion Laboratory ITS Electrical Engineering, Prof. Dr. Soebagio in Surabaya, Monday (9 / 11), suggests, the current oil reserves declining, while demand for four-wheeled vehicles is increasing.

Environmentally friendly electric cars is intended to anticipate the petroleum reserves dwindling, he said, explaining.

Electric car called Electro ELITS or ITS, is a eksperiman conducted by a team of Energy Conversion Laboratory of Electrical Engineering ITS, since two years ago.

Mini vehicle battery has 40 wet batteries, 500 volt power. If run without stopping the vehicle has a four-hour endurance hinga speed 20 km / hour.

Soebagyo said, every year his company would implement the development phase in order to achieve the perfection of the car. Next year we will continue to make progress, the battery will be reduced to ten batteries in a car, he said.

The plan, the battery will be reduced to four batteries and the added velocity to reach 40 km / hour. In the process of working, moving electric car using batteries which then changed to an inverter into AC, so that could play an AC motor that will move the wheels of the car.

Electric cars can be used or modified for all types of cars, ranging from ancient to the same class of BMW. In addition, these environmentally friendly cars can be used in every field, whether flat, steep, and bumpy. (At/OL-02)

Source: Media Indonesia Online
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