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Thermal Evaluation of the Honda Insight Battery Pack: Preprint

Conference ·
OSTI ID:783430
The hybrid vehicle test efforts at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with a focus on the Honda Insight's battery thermal management system, are presented. The performance of the Insight's high voltage NiMH battery pack was characterized by conducting in-vehicle dynamometer testing at Environmental Testing Corporation's high altitude dynamometer test facility, on-road testing in the Denver area, and out-of-car testing in NREL's Battery Thermal Management Laboratory. It is concluded that performance does vary considerably due to thermal conditions the pack encounters. The performance variations are due to both inherent NiMH characteristics, and the Insight's thermal management system.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Transportation Technologies (EE-30) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337
OSTI ID:
783430
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-540-30095
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English