Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the recent highlights and accomplishments, for fiscal years (FYs) 2011- 2012, by the hybrid and electric systems (HES) R&D Team at the Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP) Office of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office. There is significant U.S. commitment to HES R&D and additional responsibilities were assigned under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, an economic stimulus package from the 111th United States Congress. DOE has supported the development of HES technologies, including advanced automotive energy storage technologies, power electronics and electric machines, and simulation and testing tools, over the long term. This support has involved leveraging resources and expertise from automobile manufacturers, battery, motor, and electronics developers, small businesses, national laboratories, and universities to address the technical barriers which prevent the market introduction of vehicles which would use those advanced technologies. The HES R&D Team has had many significant accomplishments and continues to advance the state of the art for many technologies. This paper provides a discussion of the most recent highlights and a description of R&D coordination efforts with other government agencies in associated areas.
Highlights
The Hybrid Electric Systems (HES) subprogram of the Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP) in the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office spearheads R&D needed for the new generation of electric-drive vehicles
The important elements of the APEEM R&D strategic approach include the development of a set of technologies that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers can adopt, dealing with a wide variety of technologies to make improvements to both the motor and the power electronics, pursuing high-risk concepts and reducing the overall risk of technical failure by pursuing more than one path toward each objective, and carrying out both short-term and long-term R&D to advance the technologies to a suitable point for industry to adopt
DOE Vehicle Technologies R&D activities for hybrid electric systems are focused on advanced batteries, power electronics and electric machines, and simulation and testing for transportation applications
Summary
The Hybrid Electric Systems (HES) subprogram of the Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP) in the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office spearheads R&D needed for the new generation of electric-drive vehicles. HES R&D is an important component of the VTP multi-year program plan [1] and includes R&D on energy storage, vehicle and system simulation and testing (VSST), and advanced power electronics and electric machines (APEEM). Status updates on these were regularly provided at prior EVS meetings (e.g., [2,3,4]).
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