AC POWERTRAIN FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE. PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3. FINAL REPORT

This report describes work relating to Phases 2 and 3 developent and testing of an ac powertrain for a 25 hp four-passenger electric vehicle. The system, which consists of a two-speed automatic mechanical transaxle, 18.6 kW ac induction traction motor, 33.6 kW inverter and overall logic controller, was installed and evaluated in a converted Mercury Lynx rolling test bed vehicle. An on-board charger and an auxiliary dc-to-dc converter were integrated into the inverter/controller package.

• Corporate Authors:

  Eaton Corporation

  Engineering and Research Center
  Swithfield, MA  United States  8411
• Authors:
  • Slicker, J M
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: 389p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternating current; Automatic transmissions; Electric vehicles; Motors; Power trains; Traction; Traction drives
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450056
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/NV/10320-2
• Contract Numbers: AC08-81NV10320
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 8:55PM