Portable Solar EV Charging & Battery Swapping System​

Electrical Engineering

Team 45

Anekin Ochoa, Jaxon Houle, Lincoln Buule, Mohamed Jassim Khan, Alex Behrend

Summary

This project develops a portable solar-powered charging system that uses a photovoltaic panel and MPPT controller to charge a removable 24 V battery for a small electric vehicle. The system emphasizes off-grid operation and introduces a battery swapping approach to improve reliability, safety, and flexibility compared to direct charging. By combining a working commercial controller with a studied DIY MPPT design, the project demonstrates both practical functionality and underlying power electronics principles.

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Advisor

Portrait of Mike Ranjram

Mike Ranjram

Assistant Professor

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

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