The impact of temperature on plug-in hybrid electric vehicle battery performance

Author

Patten, John ; Christensen, Nathan ; Nola, Gary ; Srivastava, Steven

Author_Institution

Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The battery performance of a modified Toyota Prius with a 5 kilowatt-hour (kWh) plug-in battery was documented for a one year to determine how various temperature conditions affected vehicle performance. Both fuel economy and pure electrical efficiency were compared to ambient temperature. The fuel economy has a positive relationship with ambient temperature until approximately 283 K where the efficiency begins to level off. Electrical performance has a positive linear relationship with ambient temperature. With the emergence of electric vehicles (EVs) and PHEVs from a variety of automotive manufacturers, information on EV and PHEV performance for consumers will become more important.

Keywords

cells (electric); fuel economy; hybrid electric vehicles; Toyota Prius; battery performance; fuel economy; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; pure electrical efficiency; temperature 283 K; temperature conditions; vehicle performance; Batteries; Fuel economy; Hybrid electric vehicles; Monitoring; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-248-6

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2011.6043176

Filename

6043176