Comparative environmental assessment of a novel functionally integrated e-axle for passenger cars

Road transport significantly contributes to environmental issues. Efforts to reduce transport emissions include deploying electric vehicles and designing their powertrains for improved performance. This paper presents preliminary results of a novel functionally integrated electric axle (e-axle) developed within the EU project FITGEN. Using the Life Cycle Assessment method, the environmental impact of the FITGEN e-axle compared to the 2018 State-of-the-Art was assessed. Results found that the FITGEN e-axle reduced climate impacts and energy use by 26% and 38%, respectively. It also found critical aspects from an ecodesign and life cycle viewpoint: the improvement of components efficiency, the reduced usage of electronics due to component integration, and the use-phase electricity source. Thus, car industries may consider these aspects for improving the performance of electric powertrains.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.748
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146523010463
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  • © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Koroma, Michael Samsu
  • Costa, Daniele
  • Coosemans, Thierry
  • Messagie, Maarten
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA Lisbon 2022)
  • Location: Lisbon , Portugal
  • Date: 2022-11-14 to 2022-11-17
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 2457-2463
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axles; Climate change; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Power trains
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01913155
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 2024 11:52AM