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Technology Improvement Pathways To Cost-Effective Vehicle Electrification: Preprint, A. Brooker, M. Thornton, J. Rugh
Technology Improvement Pathways To Cost-Effective Vehicle Electrification: Preprint, A. Brooker, M. Thornton, J. Rugh
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Electrifying transportation can reduce or eliminate dependence on foreign fuels, emission of green house gases, and emission of pollutants. One challenge is finding a pathway for vehicles that gains wide market acceptance to achieve a meaningful benefit. This paper evaluates several approaches aimed at making plug-in electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) cost-effective including opportunity charging, replacing the battery over the vehicle life, improving battery life, reducing battery cost, and providing electric power directly to the vehicle during a portion of its travel. Many combinations of PHEV electric range and battery power are included. For each case, …
Integrated Vehicle Thermal Management For Advanced Vehicle Propulsion Technologies: Preprint., K. Bennion, M. Thornton
Integrated Vehicle Thermal Management For Advanced Vehicle Propulsion Technologies: Preprint., K. Bennion, M. Thornton
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A critical element to the success of new propulsion technologies that enable reductions in fuel use is the integration of component thermal management technologies within a viable vehicle package. Vehicle operation requires vehicle thermal management systems capable of balancing the needs of multiple vehicle systems that may require heat for operation, require cooling to reject heat, or require operation within specified temperature ranges. As vehicle propulsion transitions away from a single form of vehicle propulsion based solely on conventional internal combustion engines (ICEs) toward a wider array of choices including more electrically dominant systems such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles …