Vehicle Design Strategies to Meet and Exceed PNGV Goals

摘要: A host of important and interactive factors contribute to the successful design of any production vehicle. However, the combination of hybrid-electric drive and low-drag platform design, with emphasis on vehicle mass and drag coefficient reductions, appears prerequisite to the simultaneous optimization of efficiency, emissions, performance, and cost. This paper examines the fundamental relationships between these and other design elements, such as series vs. parallel hybrid configurations, energy-storage mass, and safety …