Hybrid Vehicle Application
(HVA) Project Concept
Supporting Hybrid Vehicle Technology and Component Selection
Overview
The overall aim of the HVA project is to design,
develop and validate a hybrid vehicle decision
support model. This will consider both technology
and cost implications for a range of components and
configurations, and will provide a framework to
assess and analyse predicted performance.
HVI
Project
Benefits of Participation
® Identification of current best practice in key
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Drive Cycle
Selection
Market
Opportunity
HVA
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Hybrid Vehicle Decision Support Model
Vehicle
Architecture
Electric
Drives
Powertrain
Control
Energy
Storage
Cost
Modelling
technologies and timelines for their introduction.
Identification of technology opportunities.
Support in evaluating how your business is
placed to capitalise on these opportunities.
Development of your component models,
providing them in a protected fashion, thus
safeguarding your IP.
Access to a comprehensive database of hybrid
vehicle component options.
Promotion of component capabilities to potential
customers.
Access to training and support to develop skills.
Access to the developed decision support tools
within your business.
Access to information and reports developed
throughout the project.
How will these benefits be achieved?
A hybrid vehicle decision support model in the form of a
full vehicle simulation will be used. This will be a
simulation framework into which component models
from suppliers can be integrated to evaluate different
hybrid vehicle architectures and components. Both
drivetrain and ancillary systems will be incorporated to
provide a complete picture.
Based on identified market opportunities (from the HVI
project), representative drive cycles will be selected.
These will form a primary input to the model.
Hybrid
Technology
Definition
Generic algorithms will provide optimal control
evaluation. Supplier provided models may be encoded
to protect their IP whilst allowing for the creation of a
library of component models which will be available to
the Project Partners under the terms of the
Collaboration Agreement.
Business
Strategy
The specific outputs of the model will potentially include
vehicle performance and economy predictions, cost
estimates, emissions and refinement measures.
What about IPR?
Project Partners can specify within a Collaboration
Agreement the use and access of their pre-existing IP
and the level of collaboration they are prepared to
undertake with other Project Partners.
Supplied
component models can remain confidential through
encryption or ‘black boxing’ by the project team at the
IARC prior to inclusion in the general project library.
What does it cost?
There are no direct financial costs associated in being a
Project Partner. We encourage Project Partners to offer
the benefits of their expertise through time and to
supply component models for integration into a
component library.
International Automotive Research Centre,
University of Warwick, Coventry,
Warwickshire, CV4 7AL