Design and Optimization of a Hybrid-Electric Vehicle for Advanced Urban Mobility

Author

Concari, Carlo ; Franceschini, Giovanni ; Toscani, Andrea

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Parma, Parma

fYear

2008

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Most vehicles roaming our streets today are propelled by an internal combustion engine (ICE). Despite the remarkable evolution they had during the last century, ICEs are the main cause of pollution in urban areas. While pure electric vehicles (EVs) are still far from the performance of ICE powered ones, hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) hold the promise of drastic increase in efficiency and cut in harmful emissions. This paper reports the design and development of a small HEV for personal urban mobility, highlighting architectural choices and optimum power management strategies with a particular focus on the electric powertrain system.

Keywords

air pollution control; electric propulsion; hybrid electric vehicles; internal combustion engines; HEV design; ICE; electric powertrain system; electric propulsion; harmful emission reduction; hybrid-electric vehicle design; internal combustion engine; optimum power management; personal urban mobility; Design optimization; Energy management; Hybrid electric vehicles; Ice; Intelligent vehicles; Internal combustion engines; Power system management; Propulsion; Urban areas; Urban pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2008. IAS '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Edmonton, Alta.

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2278-4

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/08IAS.2008.183

Filename

4658971