Twelve colleges and universities were selected to design, build, and develop a mid-size vehicle that could achieve high energy economy while maintaining the performance characteristics of today's mid-size vehicle. Many of the teams were able to increase the fuel economy of their vehicles, but most of these increases came at the expense of decreased performance or worsened emissions. This paper evaluates and summarizes the high-energy-efficiency powertrain technology approaches that were utilized in the 1996 FutureCar Challenge, which was the first evaluation of these vehicles in a two-year program. Of the 11 vehicles evaluated in the competition, nine utilized hybrid electric vehicle approaches. This paper discusses the design trade-offs made by the teams to achieve high efficiency while trying to maintain stock performance.
Evaluation of high-energy-efficiency powertrain approaches: the 1996 futurecar challenge
1997
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Air Pollution & Control , Road Transportation , Fuels , Environmental Studies , Hybrid Electric-Powered Vehicles , Acceleration , Automotive Fuels , Carbon Monoxide , Evaluation , Vehicles , Design , Dynamometers , Educational Facilities , Electric Batteries , Emission , Energy Efficiency , Engines , Exhaust Gases , Fuel Consumption , Performance , Meetings , EDB/330400 , EDB/330300 , EDB/330700 , EDB/330600 , EDB/330800 , EDB/320203
Evaluation of high-energy-efficiency powertrain approaches: the 1996 FutureCar Challenge
Kraftfahrwesen | 1997
|1996 FutureCar Challenge technical report
Kraftfahrwesen | 1997
|1997 FutureCar Challenge Technical Report
Kraftfahrwesen | 1998
|The 1996 Ohio State University FutureCar
Kraftfahrwesen | 1997
|Development of a parallel hybrid electric vehicle for the 1996 FutureCar Challenge
Kraftfahrwesen | 1997
|