Solar Powered Vehicle

ABSTRACT- Auto rickshaws/cars that are extensively used in many Asian countries as taxis of people and goods. Although the vehicle design is well suited to the environment in which it operates, it is a crude and inefficient design. Due to poor vehicle maintenance and the use of inefficient two or four-stroke engines with very little pollution control, these vehicles present a grave pollution problem in major Indian cities. This paper details the overall development of an advanced solar- assisted electric vehicles. Research on the conventional vehicle is presented.The proposed solar/battery electric vehicles is meant to match and exceed the conventional vehicle’s performance but with a more intelligent and efficient design. Solar powered vehicle prototype is built using ARM microcontroller board,solar panel, dc motor, dc motor driver and Ultrasonic sensor. this prototype vehicle automatically senses the presence of obstacles in its path, obstacle detection mechanism is done by an ultrasonic sensor