This paper examines spatial effects on hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) adoption. This is in contrast to most existing analyses, which concentrate on analyzing socioeconomic factors and demographics. This paper uses a general spatial model to estimate the strength of ‘neighbor effects’ on HEV adoption—namely that each consumer’s HEV-adoption decision can be influenced by the HEV-adoption decisions...

Development of power electronics and real time control technology for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) is presented. These include AC drives with real time torque control, compact and rugged induction motors, auxiliary electric circuits etc. In this paper developed a set of DSP based circuits for AC Induction Motor Drives for EVs. It provides torque control for propulsion and power control for gen...

Abstract—This paper describes how to dimension the electric components of a 48V hybrid system considering real customer use. Furthermore, it provides information about savings in energy and CO2 emissions by a customer-tailored 48V hybrid. Based on measured customer profiles, the electric units such as the electric motor and the energy storage are dimensioned. Furthermore, the CO2 reduction pote...

Vehicle-to-grid power (V2G) uses electric-drive vehicles (battery, fuel cell, or hybrid) to provide power for specific electric markets. This article examines the systems and processes needed to tap energy in vehicles and implement V2G. It quantitatively compares today’s light vehicle fleet with the electric power system. The vehicle fleet has 20 times the power capacity, less than one-tenth th...

Rising demand, scarcity and lower production rate of crude oil has made fuel an unaffordable for a public passenger vehicle. In this scenario, an energy or fuel efficient system called hybrid system is the hardcore requirement of the automotive industry. The latest gasoline-electric hybrid and hydraulic hybrid systems are significantly more energy and fuel efficient than conventional vehicles. ...

This paper presents a methodology of rapid testing for different control algorithms of electrical drives with inverter-fed induction motors used for the propulsion of hybrid electric vehicles. For analysis, modeling and off-line simulation of the vehicle operations conditions, and also for the testing in real time of the control algorithm performance certain hardware/software products COTS (ADV...