Investigation of the Effectiveness of Regenerative Braking for EV and HEV

The possibility of recovering vehicle kinetic energy is one inherent advantage of electric and hybrid electric vehicles. When a vehicle drives in heavy traffic, for example in New York City, more than half of the total energy is dissipated in the brakes. Therefore, recovering braking energy is an effective approach for improving the driving range of EV and the energy efficiency of HEV. In this paper, three different braking patterns are investigated for evaluating the availability of braking energy recovery. The results indicate that even without active braking control, a significant amount of braking energy can be recovered, and the brake system does not need much changing from the brake systems of conventional passenger cars.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2910
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Gao, Yimin
  • Chen, Liping
  • Ehsani, Mehrdad
• Conference:
  • Future Transportation Technology Conference & Exposition
  • Location: Costa Mesa California, United States
  • Date: 1998-8-11 to 1998-8-13
• Publication Date: 1999-8-17

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking performance; Driving; Electric vehicles; Energy conservation; Hybrid vehicles; Kinetic energy; Regenerative braking; Types of brakes; Vehicle performance
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01768624
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 1999-01-2910
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Mar 26 2021 5:47PM