Design and Implementation of Solar Powered Electric Vehicle for Multitasking Application in Agriculture

Abstract

Agriculture is a backbone of India and it is the main source of national income for our developing country. Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. In recent year strength of backbone of country has been falling due to various factors. Some of the major problems in the agriculture are increase in input cost, lack of water resources and the availability of labors. In cultivation of crops involve seed sowing, weeding and spraying. There are many government schemes and subsidy for the water resource management but the main problem is availability of labors and the cost of fuel. Farmers has been using tractor for cultivation which includes planting, weeding, spraying and harvesting. Increasing the cost of vehicle and fuel price, the poor farmers of our developing country unable to afford it. In this paper we have developed a solar powered electric vehicle for multitasking purpose. The proposed vehicle can be used for multipurpose in agriculture such as seed sowing, leveling, pesticide spraying, weeding and harvesting the plants. It will reduce the production cost, makes cultivation simpler, more affordable and accessible. The proposed vehicle does not require fuel because the vehicle is operated with solar energy as primary source of supply and more importantly vehicle can be operated by farmers. Vehicle is eco-friendly, no fuel emission and low labor wages are added advantages of this proposed vehicle