HYBRID VEHICLE PROGRAM. FINAL REPORT

This report summarizes the activities on the Hybrid Vehicle Program. The program objectives and the vehicle specifications are reviewed. The Hybrid Vehicle has been designed so that maximum use can be made of existing production components with a minimum compromise to program goals. This report presents the program status as of the February 9-10 Hardware Test Review and includes discussions of the vehicle subsystem, the hybrid propulsion subsystem, the battery subsystem, and the test mule programs. Other program aspects included are quality assurance and support equipment.

• Corporate Authors:

  General Electric Corporate Research & Development

  Schenectady, NY  United States 

  Department of Energy

  Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831-0062

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91103
• Publication Date: 1984-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric batteries; Energy conservation; Hybrid vehicles; Propulsion; Quality assurance; Vehicle design; Vehicle power plants; Vehicle tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396894
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/CS/54209-18, HS-038 199
• Contract Numbers: A101-78CS54209
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM