Advanced vehicle systems assessment. Volume III. Systems assessment

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5338907

Hardy, K S; Gyamfi, M A

This volume documents the advanced vehicle systems analyses based on the subsystems technology assessment of Volume II. The systems analyses integrate the advanced component and vehicle characteristics into conceptual vehicles with identical performance (for a given application) and evaluate the vehicles in typical use patterns. Initial and life-cycle costs are estimated and compared to conventional reference vehicle with comparable technological advances, assuming the vehicles will be in competition in the early 1990s. Electric vans, commuter vehicles, and full-size vehicles, in addition to electric/heat-engine hybrid and fuel-cell-powered vehicles, are addressed in terms of performance and economics. Specific areas of analysis addressed in this volume are mission definition, conceptual vehicle design, performance analyses, and cost analyses. In addition, the sensitivity analyses (1) present the results for vehicles designed, using the projection of several battery developers (see Acknowledgment) to provide a different perspective than that of the battery review board, (2) describe the effects of different electric ranges on hybrid vehicles, and (3) show the impact of powertrain cost reduction. Several computer programs were developed to perform the analyses from vehicle concept to life-cycle cost.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-78CS54209
• OSTI ID: 5338907
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/54209-22-Vol.3; JPL-PUB-84-79-Vol.3; ON: DE85018133
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
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COST
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ENGINES
FUEL CELLS
HEAT ENGINES
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
LIFE-CYCLE COST
PERFORMANCE
VEHICLES