The Open Mechanical Engineering Journal

2015, 9 : 346-350
Published online 2015 May 29. DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01509010346
Publisher ID: TOMEJ-9-346

CATIA-Based Urban Mini EV Design

Tian Pengfei , Luo Yiping , Zhou Feng and Yuan Shu
Faculty of Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201600, P.R. China.

ABSTRACT

This article introduces a mini EV for urban single drive, a the car intended to work as conveyance for city workers, thereby relieving urban traffic pressure, improving traffic congestion and reducing urban pollution. The paper primarily designs a electric reversed tricycle and determines its motor and battery parameters, fixes the cockpit installation location by ergonomics, and finally completes vehicle arrangement. CATIA is mainly used for modeling and ergonomics analysis during the design process.

Keywords:

CATIA, Ergonomics, Mini EV, Reversed tricycle.