NDLI: Tracking electric vehicles with GPS

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Young Jr., W.R.
Copyright Year	1996
Description	Author affiliation: Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL, USA (Young, W.R., Jr.)
Abstract	There are several cross-country solar and electric vehicle racing events conducted around the world which demonstrate the capabilities of the cars. The vehicles travel on rural and urban highways, blending in with conventional cars. The vehicles in the event are judged on speed, range, efficiency and performance. The organizers of the events have developed several different methods to track and time the vehicles in order to determine the winner. Usage of an automated process enhances the quality of the scores, reduces the amount of vehicle management work and increases the safety of the event. The use of a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system with amateur radio communications is one approach in automating the scoring process. Organizers of the SunDay Challenge-an alternative energy vehicle event in Florida-have developed just such a system for their 70 mile cross-country route. Each vehicle will carry a GPS unit, a computer, a packet converter and a ham radio. Using local amateur radio repeaters, packet radio data messages will be transmitted from the start of the race to the finish, containing GPS location data and other information about each vehicle in the event.
Starting Page	285
Ending Page	289
File Size	599749
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780332687
ISSN	10878785
DOI	10.1109/SOUTHC.1996.535081
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1996-06-25
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Electric vehicles Global Positioning System Ham radios Vehicle safety Road vehicles Automated highways Quality management Satellite broadcasting Artificial satellites Repeaters
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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