Title

Tracking electric vehicles with GPS

Abstract

Organizers of the SunDay Challenge 70-mile cross-country solar and electric vehicle racing event used the global positioning systems (GPS) to track and time the vehicles to determine the winner. Each vehicle was equipped with a GPS unit, a computer, a Packet converter and a Ham radio. Using local amateur radio repeaters, packet radio data messages were transmitted from the start of the race to the finish, containing GPS location data and other information about each vehicle in the event. The addition of GPS to the digital communication system greatly enhanced the tracking of vehicles and improved the speed of the reporting system.

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Publication Title

Southcon Conference Record

Number of Pages

285-289

Document Type

Article

Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0029698812 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0029698812

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