Total efficiency of a hybrid electric vehicle

Author

Imai, Sadao ; Takeda, Nobuaki ; Horii, Yusuke

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

3-6 Aug 1997

Firstpage

947

Abstract

Generally, the efficiency of a motor for electric vehicles is extremely high compared with an internal combustion engine. The electric vehicle doesn´t produce emission during running. Including fuel production and generation, however, the efficiency falls and emissions are produced. Therefore it is necessary to consider total efficiency and emissions. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has developed a hybrid electric light-duty truck, the Canter HEV which is equipped with a LPG powered engine-generator and electric motors. Canter HEV has achieved low fuel consumption and low emissions. This paper describes a comparison of total fuel consumption and emissions of diesel and electric and hybrid electric vehicle

Keywords

air pollution control; electric generators; electric motors; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; internal combustion engines; road vehicles; Canter HEV; LPG powered engine-generator; Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; diesel engine vehicle; emissions production; fuel production; hybrid electric light-duty truck; hybrid electric vehicle; low emissions; low fuel consumption; motor efficiency; total efficiency; total fuel consumption; Air pollution; Automobiles; Batteries; Carbon dioxide; Fuels; Hybrid electric vehicles; Internal combustion engines; Petroleum; Production; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Conversion Conference - Nagaoka 1997., Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Nagaoka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3823-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCON.1997.638381

Filename

638381