Development of power management system for electric vehicle “i-MiEV”

Author

Kamachi, M. ; Miyamoto, H. ; Sano, Y.

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Okazaki, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 June 2010

Firstpage

2949

Lastpage

2955

Abstract

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation succeeded in mass-production of the new generation electric vehicle “i-MiEV” which was released into the Japanese market in July 2009. This vehicle features leading-edge technologies epitomized by lithium-ion battery. In this paper the power management systems are focused on. Following an introduction of some features of this EV, requirements for the control systems are explained with regards to protection of the lithium-ion traction battery. Finally the power management techniques implemented for compliance with the requirements for battery protection while charging and driving are described, and the validity of which is shown through some test data.

Keywords

battery management systems; battery powered vehicles; lithium; secondary cells; traction; Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; battery protection; electric vehicle; i-MiEV; lithium-ion traction battery; power management system; Battery management systems; Battery powered vehicles; Control systems; Electric vehicles; Energy management; Power generation; Power system management; Power system protection; Testing; Traction motors; Battery protection; Electric vehicle; Lithium-ion battery; Power management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010 International

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5394-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPEC.2010.5542016

Filename

5542016