Getting a Ford HEV on the road

Author

Bates, Bradford

Author_Institution

Res. Lab., Ford Motor Co., USA

Volume

32

Issue

7

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

25

Abstract

A series of prototypes has culminated in an advanced hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) that can be driven and evaluated like any other test car. An Escort station wagon is the basis for the vehicle which is equipped with a 5O kW (68 hp) three-cylinder engine and a 30 kW electric drive coupled to an automatic transmission and to a 7 kWh nickel-cadmium battery. The engine and electric drive are fully integrated and are automatically blended to meet the driver´s demands. In general the vehicle runs on the electric drive in slow city traffic, on the engine when cruising at highway speeds, and on both when hard acceleration is required. The electric drive captures regenerative energy to improve the vehicle´s overall efficiency. The design of this vehicle and the trade-off issues are discussed

Keywords

automobiles; electric drives; electric propulsion; internal combustion engines; secondary cells; 30 kW; 50 kW; 68 hp; 7 kWh; Escort station wagon; Ford; Ni-Cd; Ni-Cd battery; automatic transmission; efficiency improvement; electric drive; hybrid electric vehicle; nickel-cadmium battery; regenerative energy; three-cylinder engine; Automated highways; Battery powered vehicles; Cities and towns; Couplings; Engines; Hybrid electric vehicles; Prototypes; Road vehicles; Testing; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.392799

Filename

392799