Itaipu Binacional - Programa Veículo Elétrico.

Abstract

The electric vehicles represent a good option for fossil fuel replacement for being driven by electric motors which do not pollute the environment. The Electric Vehicle Program from Itaipu Binational born with the goal to stimulate the development, production and assembly of electric vehicles in Brazil since they are still in their initial stage. This document has the aim to report the activities held during the internship at Itaipu Binational Company – Electric Vehicle Program from January 7 to June 22, 2016. First it will be presented the goals of the internship and a detailed description of the Itaipu Binational company and the Electric Vehicle Program. Later it will done a theoretical review of electric vehicles and at last it will be described the activities held during the internship, as follows: i) Corrective Maintenance of an electric truck prototype from IVECO company; ii) Power Demand Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; iii) Equipment purchases; iv) Development of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype; v) Attendance to a Dimensional Metrology course; vi) Activities support and follow-up; vii) Development of an Electric Vehicle Data Acquisition System.