Afka College President Prof. Motti Sokolov: It is definitely possible to make Israel a leader in the field of electric vehicle technologies

Sokolov spoke during a conference about the importance of the electric vehicle in Israel at Afka College of Engineering. A large number of final projects dealt with various aspects of the electric vehicle 

Seminar on "The Electric Vehicle in Israel" held on 22/12/11 at Afka College of Engineering - ART. The conference was organized by the Afeka Racing Team organization, which is a student organization that operates within "Afeka" and is managed by a group of students. The group was organized to plan, design and build an electric racing car. The team will compete in a special competition held abroad every year. The student group is the first group in Israel to design an electric vehicle in order to participate in this competition. The ART organization aims to act for environmental quality in the field of electric vehicles, to train students in the various fields of engineering for practical work, and also to represent the academia and industry of the State of Israel in the world.

The conference opened with words of blessing from Prof. Motti (Mordechai Sokolov), president of Afka College
Excited in his speech, he salutes the students for managing the project themselves, "sheer pleasure" to watch the personal behavior of the students, he emphasized the ability of the students to act in a remarkable combination of minds, presenting the issue of the supremacy of the electric vehicle in the urban environment. Presented the advantages of the electric vehicle in an urban area: speed, silence, no pollution, parking advantages, low operating costs,
Claims that in all respects Afka sees the need to act in the right direction in terms of the relationship between industry and academia, and the integration of hi-tech from industry to academia.
"It's not nice to show off, but there is no relationship between Israeli high-tech, R&D and the development of technologies relative to what is happening in the world. Israel is definitely on the world map! It is certainly possible to make Israel a leader in the field of electric vehicle technologies."

Minister of Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan

Minister Erdan presented the importance of the electric drive for the care of the environment, the western country with the highest increase in population, something that also affects the transportation side, the density of the population and the development of the urban areas into a mega city cause the danger of the relationship between the environment and the public. on public health and see an increase in diseases related to the respiratory tract, therefore Israel has an incentive to invest in the development of solutions and replacements for transportation systems for mass transportation.
The minister gave the example of China in the development of public transportation, presenting examples of electric Chinese buses, investing in the electrification of the railways in the country, electric light trains and other means for mass transportation. Slightly attacks the car importers who oppose the transition to electric propulsion and who have become accustomed to selling polluting vehicles.
The minister emphasized the issue of the transition of the stations and the energy sector to natural gas and renewable energies. 70 percent natural gas, 10 percent renewable energy and 20 percent coal technology.

"In 2 decades, all the oil reserves will be in the hands of countries that are not, to put it mildly, "Zion lovers" and we must prepare for that, so there is no doubt that this is also a clear national security interest. This is also understandable to the government, which approved aid in the amount of one billion shekels for the development and research of alternative energy sources. "
The minister concluded his remarks by congratulating the members of the ART team as the leaders of change in the field of technological innovation in the field of transportation in Israel and added that here too Israel has a high interest in continuing to lead its well-known technological innovation.

Dr. Dan Amri, Department of Engineering, Afka College

Opens the first session, introducing the topic of energy in the context of an electric vehicle and the importance of "energy engineering" especially in transportation. Presents the entire energy pathway and energy efficiency in every process including an electric vehicle, presents the dire lack of energy engineers in the near future in the industry.

In an electric vehicle, we mainly talk about energy, economics and safety, environmental impact, the world is marching towards an ecological disaster, therefore the great importance of switching to alternative energies and other types of propulsion, no one will give up the convenience of personal transportation and the convenience of using a car.

Talks about the advantage of electricity over propulsion based on fuel explosion.
On the subject of an electric vehicle, the limitation of propulsion by storing chemical energy (batteries) arises and it is estimated that the electric vehicles will operate in the urban medium with the technologies present in the near future and the next step will be the generation of electricity from hydrogen in fuel cells or nuclear energy to produce hydrogen.

Prof. Doron Orbach, Department of Electrochemistry, Bar Ilan University -
Opens with words of praise for "get up and do it" talks about the issue of energy balances that leans in favor of the electric vehicle talks about leveling the low hill of the national generation with the help of the electric vehicle, talks about the issue of renewable energy and Israel's advantage in the field of solar generation at the same time as the introduction of the electric vehicle, introduces the "era of plastic "And the end of the fossil fuel battle so that the entry into electric propulsion is the order of the hour before the end of the plastic era, we passed a psychological barrier 20 years ago in the use of batteries in personal computers and personal cellular communication presents the issue of the level of security in the use of lithium ion batteries.

Presents a situation of one "successful accident" of an electric vehicle with a burning battery can set the electric vehicle back 20 years, therefore the great importance of the safety of the batteries in the vehicle. Presents a safer technology in the chemical process of the batteries of the future. Better Place, Israel, the best laboratory in the world for testing the electric vehicle - concludes his words with a blessing of success.

Shmuel de Leon - accumulated energy

The wet dream of the battery people is an energy capacity of 500 km, 5 minutes of charging, 5000 charging cycles and an equal price for everyone, we are not there yet, but every year that passes there are improvements and intermediate solutions such as the Hebride generation, there is no charging from the wall but self-generation, the second solution is the plug in Hybrid presents a personal experience of driving a GM Volt vehicle presents the problematic nature of charging.
Praises Better Place for the solution of replacing the battery and removing the cost of the battery from the price of the vehicle by transferring it to the cost of maintenance in order to balance the equation of the cost benefit of the electric vehicle, introduces the issue of fuel cells and the problematic nature of the price and refueling of hydrogen is still far from this technology, introduces the issue of metal batteries Air, presents the need for government incentives and encouraging standardization in order to open the market. Also touches on the issue of recycling batteries in order to lower the price of batteries. Concludes by welcoming the team.

Idan Abodi from the Ministry of Transport

The presentation "Demands of the Ministry of Transportation from an electric vehicle" regulation in the field of energy of the electric vehicle, presents the position of the Ministry of Transportation starting with the issue of fossil fuel about 50 percent for transportation dependent, polluting, low efficiency, compared to good energy density of fossil fuel compared to electric energy accumulated in technologies of Today.
The regulatory side is more concerned with the overall view of the overall energy efficiency from the well to the wheel, looking at the result and not the technology, they see efficiency as preferable to the electric vehicle.
He sees the peak of the electric vehicle in 2020 in all technologies.
The test of the result, the Ministry of Transportation identifies a potential for the integration of the local market in the automotive field and this is Israel's opportunity.

The entry into the field of electric propulsion is afraid of entering into the debate of the regulator, they provide approvals for the factors, incentives and proper green taxation, and an electric vehicle receives extreme benefits, the Ministry of Transportation saw in a survey that the presentation of the bar of energy efficiency and air pollution level in advertisements caused the population to switch to smaller and less polluting vehicles even if they are not Electric

Israeli standard for charging systems - Ada
An expert committee for electric vehicle maintenance services in accordance with the standards in the world The standardization must conform to the global standardization (trying not to reinvent the wheel) An energy committee for integration into the grid
The Ministry of Transportation maintains the issue of the safety of vehicles entering Israel regardless of the drive system. They give concessions regarding the travel range.
The vehicle must be marked as an electric vehicle so that the rescue forces know how to drive it in the event of a rescue, but they still do not know what the marking will be. Our role is to enable the implementation of electric propulsion technologies in the country, but in an orderly and controlled manner from the very beginning so that no problems are created afterwards.

Dr. Moshe Eyal, Department of Systems Engineering, Afka College
Shows the stages in the planning of a competitive light electric vehicle, shows the competition on a 22 km track and the fact that only 3 teams managed to reach the finish line, the overall view is important, shows the vehicle with 2 electric motors, shows the engine data, a ratio of 6 times the power For the weight of the Mazda 3... presents the subject of energy efficiency and energy availability, lithium polymer battery, battery management system, presents the risks of using the battery in an uncontrolled manner and the need for constant control over the charging and discharging processes of the batteries and control at the level of a single cell. The whole topic of the construction of the accumulation array, the construction of the accumulator and the integration of systems by integrating the project factors and their cooperation just like in a commercial hi-tech company.

Ms. Ziva Fatir, Better Place Company

Ziva Patir presented her work at the company, which employs 800 people in direct employment and another 800 people in subcontracting, presenting in her special way her enthusiasm for an electric vehicle and its applicability, showing the absurdity of large automobile companies that castrate the electric vehicle in order to return the investment of the development of a normal vehicle. China does not have these inhibitions and the Chinese are running forward with 6 billion dollars in public transportation with them and from this point they come to cooperate in the world.
It is necessary to understand the trends in the world and the impossible situation of traffic accidents, presents the issue of BP, this is not a green organization but a "blue and white" organization. Presents the alignment of Geva Shepal, all the gas should be put in the power plants and the electricity transferred to the vehicle for propulsion. This is the way. The future vehicle is less hardware and more software. It is clear to her that this is the intermediate stage. C of Israel needs a center for the development of batteries and electric propulsion technologies.
Showed a video of the exchange station in principle.
To a question from the audience about the battery cycle, the non-ionizing radiation and crush tests. Ziva Fatir answers that there is a recycling plant in Belgium, the batteries are 100 percent recycled, there is no radiation from an electric vehicle period! The electric vehicle meets all global standard requirements.

Eran Reuvani ITS Israel Organization -
Presenting Better Place's solution as a model that can be integrated into future intelligent transportation and the impact on our use of the vehicle in the future, the issue of information passing from the vehicle and to the vehicle as part of intelligent transportation opens up a whole avenue of options for improving transportation and its efficiency and integrating the vehicle into the smart transportation system that is developing in the world today and its future prospects.

One of the problems we face is how we should train our future engineers
Presents the duties of the system engineer and the enormous challenge he faces: what exactly is the task? who is the client? the human factor? What problems will there be in the future? How should the environment look in the future? What will be the impact on the environment? Presents infrastructure projects in Israel Presents the environment of intelligent transportation, presents the situation of an "unmanaged system" and a patchwork solution of decades that requires a different way of thinking with the recognition that it is impossible to destroy everything and start over, but it is necessary to concentrate forces and use the existing technologies in an optimal way .

Technological forecasting, methodological forecasting for dealing with future technologies (Gordon Institute) presents various models for dealing with future planning presents the issue of international standards that someone has to choose from and that is the system engineer sometimes contrary to the standard and engineering agreements are part of this even without standards or in the absence of standards. Ground transportation should be treated the same as air transportation, which is why communication between the various projects is important. Since there is no one who really directs. Sharing in engineering processes and for that we need engineers who know how to cooperate and speak a common language.

Dr. Ziv Hermon, representative of GM Israel

Presented GM's electric vehicle, GM's development center in Israel 30 researchers and engineers in the field of human-machine interface, sensors, internal and external communication and production line, control and robotics, control of an electric vehicle under construction, presents slides of the increase in battery efficiency that enables the start of the implementation of an electric vehicle .

Introduced GM's electric spark. Introduces the problem of driving range and introduces the range extension system by a generator. It shows typical driving that the Walt was designed to answer. Presents the Opel Ampera, and the issue of maintaining the electric vehicle and the effect on the electricity grid.
About 70-80 of the time the car is parked at home, so the charging point should be at home. Tremendous cooperation between the electric companies in the USA on the issue of the electric vehicle in a mutual symbiosis. Introducing "GM's Future Scooter"

Tal Hanar organization ART
Concluding the conference, thanking the participants and sponsors, presenting the preparation activity for the competition. Introduces the competition they will participate in when the competition has moved from piston driven vehicles to electric drive and they will compete against 61 teams from other colleges, reviews the past competitions and presents the requirements of the competition.
The project is treated as an economic business for everything 12 final projects around the project. Presents the structure of the organization over 40 students and thanks the members of the advisory committee to the consultants and the others who help in the project.