REVIEW ARTICLE


CATIA-Based Urban Mini EV Design



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


© 2015 Pengfei et al

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Faculty of Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201600, P.R. China; Tel: 021-67791423; Fax: 021-67791423; E-mail: tianpf.2009@163.com


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.