Title :
Evaluation of a 2-speed transmission on electric vehicle´s energy consumption
Author :
Spanoudakis, P. ; Tsourveloudis, N.C. ; Koumartzakis, G. ; Krahtoudis, A. ; Karpouzis, T. ; Tsinaris, I.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Production Eng. & Manage., Tech. Univ. of Crete, Chania, Greece
Abstract :
In order to explore the impact of transmission use on the energy/fuel consumption of zero emission vehicles, a 2-speed gearbox was developed and tested. The gearbox is installed on a hydrogen fuel cell powered urban vehicle, the ER14, a prototype designed by the TUC Eco Racing team at the Technical University of Crete. In this work the ER14 is used as a testbed vehicle so as to measure and evaluate fuel consumption with and without gear changing. Actual road tests were conducted and experimental results are presented, showing reduction of electric vehicle energy consumption with the use of the gearbox.
Keywords :
energy consumption; fuel cell vehicles; gears; hydrogen economy; 2-speed gearbox; 2-speed transmission; ER14; TUC eco racing team; electric vehicle energy consumption; fuel consumption; gear changing; hydrogen fuel cell powered urban vehicle; road test; technical university of Crete; testbed vehicle; zero emission vehicle; Energy consumption; Fuels; Gears; Mechanical power transmission; Prototypes; Roads; Vehicles; Electric vehicle; fuel cell; fuel consumption; gear change; powertrain; transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Vehicle Conference (IEVC), 2014 IEEE International
DOI :
10.1109/IEVC.2014.7056116
