Gasoline Cars Research Paper

In today's society gasoline cars dominate the streets, which emit large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. To combat this problem manufactures are starting to create electric cars, but most electric cars today make compromises in range, thus making them impractical. To decrease the environmental impact of gasoline cars, electric cars need to stop compromising. The purpose of this project was to create a car that can wirelessly charge off of pads on roads while driving, which would allow an electric car to surpass gasoline cars in range.

First a wireless charging system had to be constructed to allow the car to be charged without any physical connections, while still being able to move. This system uses smart load sharing, which allows for …show more content…
The entire system is controlled by a microcontroller which switches from charging the battery and powering the car, or to just powering the car. To transmit power to the car, two copper coils were used. One coil, called the transmitting coil, simulates a coil in a pad placed on a street. The other coil is in the car, called the inductor coil. The transmitting coil has an oscillating electric current, created by the ZVS driver circuit, flowing through the coil. This creates a magnetic field. Since the current that flows through the coil is oscillating it causes the the magnetic flux to change, which induces a current in the inductor coil when it passes over the transmitting coil. This current in the inductor coil is then transferred to the batteries. To ensure the car could charge and still move a smart load