ACar - A Electric Vehicle Concept for Sub-Saharan Africa

Martin Soltes; Sascha Koberstaedt; Ing Markus Lienkamp; Simon Rauchbart; Fritz Frenkler

doi:10.1109/PowerAfrica.2018.8521044

ACar - A Electric Vehicle Concept for Sub-Saharan Africa

Martin Soltes, Sascha Koberstaedt, Ing Markus Lienkamp, Simon Rauchbart, Fritz Frenkler

Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

A team of researchers and students from Nigeria, Ghana and Germany has been working together since 2013 to design a new vehicle concept for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims to analyze the mobility needs deriving from the vehicle concept fulfilling regional requirements at the very early stage of the aCar project. With Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya as a case study, the challenges have been shown to be the poor road conditions, road safety and the affordability of the vehicles. These countries showed the same picture of a huge mobility gap in rural areas, since a suitable vehicle that meets all requirements does not currently exist. The result of the research and design process is a vehicle concept that meets the needs of the people living in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	301-306
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538641637
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2018.8521044
State	Published - 2 Nov 2018
Event	2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society and Industrial Applications Society PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 26 Jun 2018 → 29 Jun 2018

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Name	2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018

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Conference	2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society and Industrial Applications Society PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	26/06/18 → 29/06/18

Keywords

Conceptual design
Design engineering
Participatory design
User centred design
Vehicle Concept

UN SDGs

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Soltes, M., Koberstaedt, S., Lienkamp, I. M., Rauchbart, S., & Frenkler, F. (2018). ACar - A Electric Vehicle Concept for Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018 (pp. 301-306). Article 8521044 (2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2018.8521044

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Soltes, M, Koberstaedt, S, Lienkamp, IM, Rauchbart, S & Frenkler, F 2018, ACar - A Electric Vehicle Concept for Sub-Saharan Africa. in 2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018., 8521044, 2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 301-306, 2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society and Industrial Applications Society PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 26/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2018.8521044

ACar - A Electric Vehicle Concept for Sub-Saharan Africa. / Soltes, Martin; Koberstaedt, Sascha; Lienkamp, Ing Markus et al.
2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 301-306 8521044 (2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2018).

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