ENDURANCE TESTING OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT CONVERTED FROM THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Yohanes Gunawan(a,b,*), Arfie Ikhsan Firmansyah(b), Nina Konitat Supriatna(b), Slamet(b)
(a)Polytechnic of Energy and Mineral Akamigas, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (KESDM), Jl. Gajah Mada No.38, Mentul, Karangboyo, Cepu, Blora, Middle of Java, 58315, Indonesia
(b)Research and Development Center for Electricity, New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technology (P3tek KEBTKE), Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (KESDM), Bogor, 16340, Indonesia
Oversupply of electricity from state electricity company (PT. Perusahaan Listrik Negara) needs to be solved with an increase in demand for electricity. One of the choice solutions to overcome this problem, at a time to reduce air pollution from the use of internal combustion engines (ICE), reduce oil imports for ICE vehicles fuel, and respond to the issue of climate change, is with used electric vehicle (EV) massively so that the demand of electricity will be increase to absorb the oversupply. In Indonesia, to push the use of EVs, one of the programs to do is the conversion of ICE vehicles to EVs. This paper presents an overview of the endurance test for ICE vehicles that converted to EVs as far as 10,000 km to see their performance. We used three types of motorcycles, two types of batteries, and two types of passenger load. To get a distance of 10,000 km, the tested vehicle travels about 200 km with 4 different routes every day, where each route has different characteristics of road conditions. After getting the 10,000 km testing, all the types of electric motor are in a good condition and have no insignificant obstacles. Technically, several improvements need to be done to successfully this program, i.e. wiring and socket that are applied in this program need the waterproof wiring and socket, the converter part needs to be taken care of to avoid rust, and the placement of electrical components that have air conditioning fins (especially inverters) needs to be ensured that they will be exposed to air when the motor is used.
