From the point of view of an automotive enthusiast's magazine, the perception of hybrids doesn't necessarily agree with their reality. We examine perception through hybrid psychographics; reality, through an enthusiast's driving adventure.
Market and Regulatory forces and influences product rollouts in many ways.These can be described and their ability to be addressed shown examples of current and future OEM products. Included in the presentation will be a description of relevant Daimler products ...
Medium and Heavy Duty application currently accounted in 2008 for 26 % of the fuel consumed for transportation activities in the U.S. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will lead to regulations at the vehicle level. Due to ...
Hyundai-Kia Motors has been challenging to develop the new efficient eco-technology since introducing the mild type compact hybrid electric vehicle for domestic fleet in 2004 to meet the needs of the increasing automotive-related environmental issues. Also, Hyundai-Kia Motors has been ...
Within this presentation video, there are eight supplier presentations talking about the technologies at their companies: Continental, Delphi, KOSTAL, Magna, Bosch, Texas Instruments, Tyco Electronics, and Valeo. Each supplier presentation is approximately 10 minutes long for a total of 80 ...
Hybrids in the American Le Mans Series
One solution in reducing carbon footprint is via the electrification of the transportation sector. It is this emphasis of electrification that is driving the need for higher energy and power density batteries for storing energy whether for traction drive or ...
With increased vehicle electrification, the importance of electric traction motors is increased, as more or all of the energy used to propel the vehicle pass electric power now passes through the electric traction motor. For such vehicles, like E-REVs and ...
Sherif will review customer feedback from Ford's Hybrid products on the market. He will review Ford's technology strategy for hybrids and upcoming Plug-in Hybrids. A description of Ford's Blended Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) system and technology will be highlighted. He will ...
Nissan has conducted studies of various RWD hybrid configurations, examining acceleration performance, fuel consumption reduction potential, packaging, towing performance and cost. A One-Motor Two-Clutch [1M2C] architecture provides favorable balance among these criteria. Further, the 1M2C system adapts well to FWD ...
Introduce the new Honda Insight Eco AssistTM system from the engineer’s point of view, including development concept and visual / psychological display technologies which help drivers improve their efficient driving style by making the Eco AssistTM experience more fun and ...
It already past more than 10 years since first Prius was released in 1997 in Japan, and also released in 1999 at USA. This time I'd like to explain the engine technologies which TOYOTA hybrid vehicle adopted to achieve the ...
The Commercialization of Powertrain Electrification Components – Bringing New Technology to the Automotive World, Joseph Slenzak
Successfully Implementing Hybrid Vehicles into the FedEx Express Fleet, John Formisano
We will discuss the commercial and technical barriers to the mass commercialization of PHEVs and EVs, including Li-Ion battery safety, reliability, durability, cost, and performance. The presentation is based on integrating information gathered in the fourth quarter of 2009 during ...
General Motors Corp. (GM) funded the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to retrofit ultracapacitors onto a GM hybrid vehicle and compare the retrofitted vehicle’s performance to that of the production vehicle using nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. The project grew ...
The objective for standardized dynamometer testing is to provide a sound basis for comparisons among vehicles with varied vehicle designs. However, in the case of PHEVs, observed fuel economy may dramatically depart from results obtained in standard test practices depending ...
As the potential economic and environmental benefits of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) become apparent and as strong interest develops among automakers, seamless integration of PEVs to the grid will be a critical step to encourage utility support for PEV commercialization. ...
The supply side influences on the development and sales of HEVs and PHEVs such as CAFE, and ZEV are well known, the supply side influences less so. This presentation gives the consumer perspective on HEVs and PHEVs – what do ...
At the 2009 SAE Hybrid Symposium results were presented from several phases of a multi-year, multi-study market research agenda on hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) at UC Davis. That agenda continues to be fulfilled, and at the 2010 ...
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