Abstract: Renewable energy is quickly gaining importance as an alternative energy resource since fossil fuel are limited and their prices are very costly. The sole feature of the proposed methodology  is the use to charge the electric vehicles with the help of renewable energy sources by using the MPPT tracking Algorithm .This project observes the potential benefits of having a single  axis tracking for the solar panels which ensures maximum power point tracking (MPPT) taking solar rays as the only reference outline. Tracking is implemented through the use of LDR’s and DC motors. The simulation of the tracking system has been provided using schematic modeling in proteus software. Buck – boost converter is used to regulate the voltage level according to the charging level of the electric vehicles. For controlling operations of the hardware, arduinoIDE is programmed and installed. In this paper, the microcontroller named ‘Arduino UNO (Atmega 328)’ is utilized to give the signal to the motor that will move the solar panel along with the sun to gain maximum sunlight angle. With the implementation of the proposed system, the energy efficiency can be increased by 20% - 25% than the existing system with very less consumption of the system itself.

Keywords: Electric vehicles

| DOI: 10.17148/IJIREEICE.2019.8410