Fuel economy and performance are both important in the design of hybrid pickup trucks. All-wheel drive is essential to ensure superior performance compared to two-wheel-drive designs. In this article, as a comprehensive extension work to the article published in ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference [1] on all-wheel-drive (AWD) hybrid truck, we investigate the modeling, design, and control problem of AWD hybrid vehicles and develop a methodology to identify optimal designs. This methodology 1) formulates an automated modeling process, 2) searches exhaustively through all possible AWD designs, and 3) employs a near-optimal energy management strategy, to obtain a family of designs with superior performance and fuel economy. A design case study for a hybrid Ford F-150 is conducted, to showcase this design process.


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    Title :

    Modeling and Optimal Design of All-Wheel-Drive Hybrid Light Trucks


    Additional title:

    Sae Int. J. Alt. Power


    Contributors:
    Peng, Huei (author) / Ravi, Nikhil (author) / Zhang, Xiaowu (author) / Pan, Ziheng (author)


    Publication date :

    2019-06-06


    Size :

    19 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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