In order to solve the problems of urban traffic situations and air pollution, Honda has proposed the Intelligent Community Vehicle System (ICVS) as a near-future regional transportation system using small-sized and highly efficient electric vehicles. This vehicle is currently being used in field trials in Japan. The two-seater small-sized electric vehicle 'City Pat', which is used for vehicle sharing system, has an aluminium body for weight reduction and utilizes a small, high speed motor with an advanced Ni-MH battery, that will easily run in urban traffic. Also, Control-by-wire is applied to the controls for automatic driving, steering, braking and recharging in the intelligent transportation system. Eventually, it can be applied for an automated parking system, automated recharging system and automated platooning system City Pal is an advanced, small electric vehicle with a high-performance nickel metal-hydride (Ni-MH) battery. lt is capable of communicating with infrastructure systems such as an automated driving system so as to automate rentals for shared usage. It was developed as a prototype vehicle to give shape to the urban communities of the future, incorporating all ICVS systems.The basic concepts behind it are as follows: 1. An electric vehicle that is environmental friendly and highly efficient 2. The smallest practical vehicle in the world 3. Technology that is safe, secure and yet small in size 4. Operability and riding comfort suited to shared use 5. Intelligent technology to support automated driving. A photo of the exterior is shown and further specifications are presented in the paper.
Development of the 2-seater small electric vehicle 'Honda City Pal'
Entwicklung des zweisitzigen, kleinen Elektrofahrzeugs 'Honda City Pal'
1999
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Development of the 2-seater small electric vehicle " Honda City Pal "
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