How does wind power tie into our electric vehicle project?
Because one of the purposes of our project is to be environmentally conscious, it is necessary to think of a method of power generation that will be equally benign to the environment. When the class of 2001 was thinking about how to charge the batteries for the EV efficiently they also considered the fact that we are living on an island. Because we are surrounded by water there is nothing stopping the wind from hitting the island full force. Further, we are somewhere in the middle of the top range categories (between 5 and 7)on the geographical wind power map (see diagram 1 at end of paper). Our wind supply will guarantee good charging station performance most of the time. This charging method will have very little impact on the environment, thus supporting our reasoning behind the electric vehicle project. Our world has become very dependent on electricity; so dependent that it would not be able to go without it. But the generators for today’s electrical power, otherwise know as power
