As the community is becoming more and more aware and conscious of the pollution problems caused by the internal combustion engine and its use in transportation, we are now seeing the first projects and prototypes regarding hybrid and electrically-powered vehicles. One of the main problems witnessed by engineers has been that of the relatively low operating range provided by the storage batteries available on the market today, and so, recovering the energy that is inevitably lost during braking is of primary importance. The concept of regenerative braking is fairly simple as it consists in making the electric motors function as generators. In many of today's applications we find two independent controls for the operation of the hydraulic brake and for the activation of regenerative braking. The choice on which braking mode to use, or in which sequence the two modes are to be used is left to the driver who, at the onset of braking, is forced to make mental considerations in order to activate the two braking modes in the right sequence.


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    Title :

    Design of a lightweight braking system for electric cars


    Additional title:

    Entwurf eines leichten Bremssystems für Elektrofahrzeuge


    Contributors:
    Giorgetti, A. (author) / Cavestro, L. (author) / Rampazzo, M. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 18 Bilder, 2 Tabellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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