Driving range extension by series chopper power train of EV with optimized dc voltage profile

This paper proposes driving range extension by series chopper power train for Electric Vehicles (EV for abbreviation). The proposed method was experimentally verified and compared with the previous publication [1]. Further measurement on motor test bench, to compare this drive with the conventional power train, showed a 2.1 % improvement.

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