HYBRID LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES EVALUATION PROGRAM

TRIGUI, R.; BADIN, F.; JEANNERET, B.; HAREL, F.; COQUERY, G.; LALLEMAND, R.; OUSTEN, JP.; CASTAGNE, M.; DEBEST, M.; GITTARD, E.; VANGREEFSHEPE, F.; MOREL, V.; BAGHLI, L.; REZZOUG, A.; LABBE, J.; BISCAGLIA, S.

International Journal of Automotive Technology > Volume 4(2); 2003 > Article

Fuel Cell, Hybrid and Electrical Vehicle

International Journal of Automotive Technology 2003;4(2): 65-75.

HYBRID LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES EVALUATION PROGRAM

R. TRIGUI¹, F. BADIN¹, B. JEANNERET¹, F. HAREL¹, G. COQUERY¹, R. LALLEMAND¹, JP. OUSTEN¹, M. CASTAGNE², M. DEBEST², E. GITTARD², F. VANGREEFSHEPE², V. MOREL², L. BAGHLI³, A. REZZOUG⁴, J. LABBE³, S. BISCAGLIA⁴

¹French National Institute of Research on Transportation and Safety
²Institut Francais du Petrole
³GREEN
⁴Faculte des Science
⁵ARMINES
⁶rue Claude Daunesse
⁷ADEME
⁸Agence De lEnvironnement et de la Maitrise de lEnergie

ABSTRACT

A HEV evaluation program, funded by ADEME, was carried out by a group of Laboratories of different specialties in order to evaluate and compare consumption, emission and component technologies of the three first HEV's put on the market (Toyota Prius, Nissan Tino and Honda Insight). This paper presents the results obtained unil now. These results show good consumption and emission performance of the tested vehicles compared to conventional ones. The energy management seems to be globally the same for the three vehicles excepting for cold starts where the Insight allow a very earlier stop of the engine compared to the Tino and especially to the Prius. A mapping of the engine consumption of the Prius and the Insight was performed in order to furnish data for the simulation models. The Permanent Magnet motors of the Prius and Tino have different number of pair poles and then different emf at a fiven speed. The low emf values of the Prius allo operation at high speed with less field weakening control than for the Tino. The inverters of the Prius and Tino, controlled by a PWM at respectively 5 kHz and 7 kHz switching frequency, are made of IGBTs with high commutation performances.

Key Words: HEV, LC engine, Energy consumption, Pollutant, Vehicle component

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