THE HIGH ENERGY LITHIUM BATTERY SYSTEM IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROPULSION

AN ANALYSIS IS MADE OF THE POWER REQUIREMENTS OF AN ELECTRIC URBAN AND SUBURBAN VEHICLE HAVING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA DRIVING CYCLE AND A RANGE OF 150 MILES WITH REGENERATIVE BRAKING. TO SATISFY THESE REQUIREMENTS, A HYBRID SYSTEM COMPRISING A LITHIUM/NICKEL-FLUORIDE NON-AQUEOUS BATTERY FOR TOTAL ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AND A BIPOLAR NICKEL/CADMIUM BOOSTER BATTERY FOR ACCELERATION AND HILL-CLIMBING IS PROPOSED. THE BATTERY SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED, AND SOME PERFORMANCE DATA ARE GIVEN. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Seiger, H N
  • Lyall, A E
• Publication Date: 1968-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Braking; Cadmium; Electric batteries; Electric power; Fluorides; Lithium; Nickel; Performance; Specifications; Standards; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222960
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automobile Abstracts /UK
• Report/Paper Numbers: Sae Paper No 680454
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 24 1994 12:00AM