Technology: 5.2 - Hybrid, Electric and Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles

5.Technology

- 5.1 Engine and Powertrain
- 5.2 Hybrid, Electric and Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles
- 5.3 Advanced Software, Sensors, Electronics and Telematics
- 5.4 Advanced Structures and Materials
- 5.5 Design and Manufacturing Processes

Design and Manufacture

The introduction of hybrid, electric and alternatively fuelled vehicles requires effective design of the whole vehicle and economic manufacturing systems, linked through design for manufacture. Design and use of materials need to consider, particularly, crashworthiness and the requirements for recycling and/or reuse at the end of vehicle life. Use of lightweight structures and materials to capitalise on energy saving is seen as an enabler, linking with themes in the FASMAT and DMaP thematic groups.

0-5 years	5-10 years	10-20 years
Tools, techniques and processes for rapid product development and reduced time to market Supplier led vehicle concepts	Supplier led vehicle concepts Techniques and processes for rapid product development High specific strength materials to reduce vehicle mass	Low cost driver training simulators

Technology Targets

Technology target proposals appropriate to the HEAFV group were also considered in the workshop, and these are given in the following table. They should not been seen as definitive, but rather a view on suitable targets against which progress can be audited.

	0-5 years	5-10 years	10-20 years
Fuel Cells	Adopt DoE targets e.g. >300 mile range Whole vehicle design for fuel cell system Efficient low cost blowers for FC 5% of new car fleet	Efficiency of FC system (DoE) >60%LHV at 25% load, >50%LHV at 100% load Achieve “Powering future vehicles” low carbon targets for uptake 1 month 50% leakage gaseous H2 storage Adopt US DoE target sets for automotive applications 25% of new car fleet	50% of new car fleet
Hybrid Powertrains		Reduction in waste heat by 50% On-cost of hybrid systems justified by fuel savings in first 3 years
Advanced internal combusiton engines	Reduction in parasitic engine load by 25% >35% efficiency Gasoline engine CO2 equivalent to 2004 diesel car for same performance 20% of new vehicle fleet	>35% efficiency 50% of new vehicle fleet	>40% efficiency 90% of new vehicle fleet
Electrics and electronics	Advanced motors to improve packaging	Improvement in motor life, weight and efficiency by 20%, 15%, 5%
Conventional and alternative fuels	Bi fuel gasoline alternative fuel engines optimised for alternative fuels CNG/LPG engines run gasoline as back-up Enough hydrogen for 15% of new vehicle fleet	H2 storage retaining >75% fill over 2 weeks Enough hydrogen for 50% of new vehicle fleet	20% biofuel in (alternative) fuel chain by 2020 Highly boosted H2 fuelled IC engines Enough hydrogen for 75% of new vehicle fleet
Systems integration / infrastructure	Integration of fuel cell system to vehicle with focus on auxiliary components e.g. power electronics, motors, air conditioning	Unpack vehicle targets into component and controller specs	Fully integrated system of of wind turbines, PV’s, tidal power, electrolysers making renewable hydrogen
Design and manufacture	Design manufacturing processes for economic production of batch volumes	Major reduction in unladen weight of HGV’s

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