Hybrid Electric Drivetrain Testing and Design
Hybrid electric drivetrains have recently become of a great interest in the medium and heavy-duty vehicle market as it enables substantial reduction of petroleum use, vehicle level fuel use and criteria pollutant emissions. Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI), acquired in July 2018 by Cummins, Inc., is a small company focused on development of medium and heavy-duty hybrid electric drivetrains. EDI has already developed the general hardware architecture of their drivetrain system, but there is still a significant effort to be done on optimizing the system in terms of control strategies and component sizing in order to maximize the benefits of the hybrid drivetrain. The tasks of this research were: (1) analyze vehicle performance data and select drive cycles; (2) test EDI Class 4 PHEV truck against a baseline truck using National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) chassis dynamometer; and (3) optimize motor, battery, and other component selection and configuration.
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Corporate Authors:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO United States 80401 -
Authors:
- Burton, Jonathan
- Abel, Riley
- Publication Date: 2020-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 15p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Electric trucks; Hybrid vehicles; Power trains; Vehicle design
- Subject Areas: Energy; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01841430
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: NREL/TP-5400-77715, CRD-17-00699
- Contract Numbers: DE-AC36-08GO28308
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 5 2022 9:36AM