Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
15th Advances in Civil Engineering Congress, Gazimagusa, Kıbrıs (Kktc), 6 - 08 Eylül 2023, ss.884-893
The transition from conventional vehicles with electric vehicles (EVs)
plays an important role in achieving the sustainable transportation goals.
However, EV range anxiety, has been a major concern for potential buyers. Even
though advances in battery technologies have increased the range to 240 km-480
km, today, charging duration is still around 30 min. with the fast-charging
stations. Furthermore, EV range can be decreased due to the energy for auxiliary
services, such as lighting, radio, window opening or HVAC. EV range values
published by the manufacturers are obtained generally under the most desirable
conditions, such as 20oC-25oC, trim levels and no HVAC use. But it is known
that the extreme weather conditions effect the battery negatively, and thus
decrease the EV range significantly in real life use. This study focuses on the
estimation of the range of an EV used in hot climatic regions in Turkey, such as
Antalya, Adana, Şanlıurfa or Lefkoşa in Cyprus. In order to estimate the range
reduction, the models developed by the previous studies on the performance of
EVs in hot and cold weather conditions is considered. The change in EV
performance due to the ambient temperature throughout May-September and
December-February is analyzed. The results show that up to 40% of range
reduction is experienced during cold weathers, 30% range reduction is also
observed for hot weathers. This evaluation can help to better evaluate the climate
change mitigation of EV related policies in these hot regions in Turkey and
Cyprus.