Investigation Into Regenerative Braking Systems

This report presents a study whose aim was to establish whether or not existing regulatory requirements, test methods and limit values for regenerative braking systems, which are commonly fitted to electric, hybrid and plug-in vehicles, could still be considered adequate in light of initial experience with such systems, as well as any new technology development that is likely to be implemented in the near future. This is especially relevant as the numbers of these types of vehicles in production are rapidly increasing. The technical requirements, test methods and limit values for the braking systems of all vehicles of category M1 and N2 (passenger cars and light commercial vehicles) are set out by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulation for the type-approval of braking systems, Regulation 13-H. The braking regulation has been amended in recent years to incorporate provisions relating to these regenerative braking systems. In order to make these determinations, a desktop study was used to identify the most likely issues and was supplemented by a short programme of dynamic vehicle testing, which was intended to explore those issues further, as well as assess the suitability of the current 13-H test procedures. The project methodology, results and conclusions are described in full in this report.

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  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Authors:
  • Robinson, B J
  • Visvikis, C
  • Gibson, T
  • Knight, I
• Publication Date: 2011-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 31p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Amendments; Electric vehicles; Highway safety; Hybrid automobiles; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Regenerative braking; Regulations; Specifications; Test procedures; Vehicle tests
• Identifier Terms: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01359136
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781846089770
• Report/Paper Numbers: PPR 582
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 19 2011 8:10AM