Active suspension system in improving ride and handling performance of electric vehicle conversion

• Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Saiful Anuar, Masuda, Ryosuke, Hashimoto, Hiromu, Inaba, Takeshi, Jamaluddin, Hishamuddin, Abdul Rahman, Roslan, Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin
• Format: Article
• Published: Inderscience Enterprises 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32867/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEHV.2012.047877

This paper presents an evaluation on passenger vehicle’s ride and handling performance when converted into an electric vehicle (EV). The evaluations were done using a validated 14 degrees of freedom ride and handling model. The mathematical modelling of vehicle’s ride and handling model as well a...