Development and Demonstration of a Class 6 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle for Commercial Pickup and Delivery Operation

Kader, Michael; Frazier, Cole; Kresse, John; Li, Ke; Dalton, Jesse; Jeffers, Matthew A.; Miller, Eric; Kelly, Kenneth

doi:10.4271/2020-01-0848

Title: Development and Demonstration of a Class 6 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle for Commercial Pickup and Delivery Operation

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Range-extended hybrids are an attractive option for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle fleets because they offer the efficiency of an electrified powertrain with the driving range of a conventional diesel powertrain. The vehicle essentially operates as if it was purely electric for most trips, while ensuring that all commercial routes can be completed in any weather conditions or geographic terrain. Fuel use and point-source emissions can be significantly reduced, and in some cases eliminated, as many shorter routes can be fully electrified with this architecture. Under a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded project for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Powertrain Electrification, Cummins has developed a plug-in hybrid electric Class 6 truck with a range-extending engine designed for pickup and delivery application. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) assisted by developing representative workday drive cycles for Class 6 operation and an adapted cycle to enable vehicle track testing. A novel, automated driving system was utilized by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to improve the repeatability of the track testing conducted to quantify vehicle energy consumption. Cummins used a drivetrain model to design the hybrid control system for increased fuel savings. The control system functionality and fuel savings objective of 50% or more weremore »« less

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Kader, Michael; Frazier, Cole; Kresse, John; Li, Ke; Dalton, Jesse;

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Publication Date:: Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

OSTI Identifier:: 1669385

Report Number(s):: NREL/CP-5400-75847
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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Presented at the WCX 2020 World Congress Experience, 21-23 April 2020, Detroit, Michigan; Related Information: 78181

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; class 6 range extender; commercial electric vehicles; electric vehicle; heavy-duty vehicle; medium-duty vehicle; range-extended hybrid electric vehicle

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                    Kader, Michael, Frazier, Cole, Kresse, John, Li, Ke, Dalton, Jesse, Jeffers, Matthew A., Miller, Eric, and Kelly, Kenneth. Development and Demonstration of a Class 6 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle for Commercial Pickup and Delivery Operation.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Kader, Michael, Frazier, Cole, Kresse, John, Li, Ke, Dalton, Jesse, Jeffers, Matthew A., Miller, Eric, & Kelly, Kenneth. Development and Demonstration of a Class 6 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle for Commercial Pickup and Delivery Operation.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0848

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                    Kader, Michael, Frazier, Cole, Kresse, John, Li, Ke, Dalton, Jesse, Jeffers, Matthew A., Miller, Eric, and Kelly, Kenneth. 2020.  
        "Development and Demonstration of a Class 6 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle for Commercial Pickup and Delivery Operation".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0848.

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  abstractNote = {Range-extended hybrids are an attractive option for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle fleets because they offer the efficiency of an electrified powertrain with the driving range of a conventional diesel powertrain. The vehicle essentially operates as if it was purely electric for most trips, while ensuring that all commercial routes can be completed in any weather conditions or geographic terrain. Fuel use and point-source emissions can be significantly reduced, and in some cases eliminated, as many shorter routes can be fully electrified with this architecture. Under a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded project for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Powertrain Electrification, Cummins has developed a plug-in hybrid electric Class 6 truck with a range-extending engine designed for pickup and delivery application. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) assisted by developing representative workday drive cycles for Class 6 operation and an adapted cycle to enable vehicle track testing. A novel, automated driving system was utilized by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to improve the repeatability of the track testing conducted to quantify vehicle energy consumption. Cummins used a drivetrain model to design the hybrid control system for increased fuel savings. The control system functionality and fuel savings objective of 50% or more were confirmed by track testing described in this paper.},

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