Present Status and Future Trends in Electric Vehicle Propulsion Technologies

Author

Rajashekara, Kaushik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Mar-13

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

10

Abstract

In this paper, the current status and the requirements of primary electric propulsion components-the battery, the electric motors, and the power electronics system-are reviewed. The future trends in the electric propulsion systems, battery charging, and the types of power trains are presented. Possible future electric vehicle powertrain systems based on lithium air battery and plug-in fuel cell vehicles are also discussed.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; electric motors; electric propulsion; fuel cell vehicles; lithium; power electronics; power transmission (mechanical); secondary cells; Li; battery charging; electric motor; electric vehicle propulsion technology; lithium air battery; plug-in fuel cell vehicle; power electronics system; powertrain system; Batteries; Electric motors; Electric vehicles; Hybrid electric vehicles; Propulsion; Battery; electric motor; electric vehicle (EV); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV); power electronics; propulsion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2168-6777

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JESTPE.2013.2259614

Filename

6507304