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EV – HV (1) General description
• Market – failure in the past for EV
– Public acceptance hard to determine
• Technology– A continuum from hybrid to full EV
– Core technologies: battery and electric engine (capacity, volume, weight, cost, life duration)
• Leaders– Hybrid led by Japanese companies (Toyota)
– Pure EV leaders still debatable (only small companies and few sales China, India)
– Every car manufacturer is making announcement
• Potential impact very high in long term– May disrupt the market
– May modify the relation to the car (city car versus country car…)
– Innovative future: cars connected both ways to electric smart grid
– May lead to innovative new car architecture
• Full EV need electric infrastructure and electric power [email protected]
APE 28 April 2010
EV – HV (2) Trends and drivers• Main drivers for change
– Efficiency: electric motors are more efficient than combustion engine– Consumption: energy is cheaper– Political: reduce the dependence on oil for countries without significant oil resources– Environmental: reduce pollution and resources consumption (depending on the way
electricity is produced)– Economy: an answer to the financial crisis– For less competitive countries: a way to catch up
• Therefore a large political push– China
• A strong industry and policy push towards it, with the aim to be the leading world industry. Still a level of technology considered by some observers as lower than in western world
– Europe• European Green cars initiative + “Responding to the crisis in the European automotive industry” Feb 2009• Nissan in UK 220MEUR from EIB and UK grant 20,7 million pounds
– USA• Specific funding for "the manufacturing and deployment of electric vehicles, batteries and components"
– Everywhere• Taxes and incentives• Public procurement of EV• Public support to infrastructure development
• But still in search for a business model
APE 28 April 2010
EV – HV (3) Software issues
• Main current issue: powertrain control– Control electric engine and battery
– For hybrid vehicles, need to manage a complex system, and deal with a large set of architectural choices in the balance between the electric part and the combustion engine part
– Problems: • Significant safety issues (high voltage) need to be addressed• Conflicts between autonomy and comfort (heating, lighting,).
• Need to increase performance (notably in autonomy) impacts all subsystems
– implies to modify all car subsystems with the goal to reduce energy consumption: power recuperation (braking, engine,…), low power solutions, solar panels,…
– Telematics may contribute (“find the next loading station”)
• Totally new architectures appearing– Active wheel
APE 28 April 2010
EV – HV (4) Software issues
• Software will be a key issue for EV competitiveness– Software for electric car is not a mature technology– A need to manage a full range of systems
• A full range from mild hybrid to full EV
• Towards a common software platform?
– Software is key for managing performance (and range left)– Currently largest costs are material costs– Key issue: have a volume production with competitive cost and sufficient
reliability– Need for complex modelisation (battery): may be an European advantage
APE 28 April 2010