Battery and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
Motivation
Global warming and limitation of fossil fuels afford the introduction of new powertrain concepts for road vehicles with highest efficiency and low well-to wheel green-house-gas emissions. Electric vehicles, especially battery electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles offer the highest potential for sustainable mobility of the future. Thus the WG is focussing on the following research objectives.
Research Objectives
- Competitive electric drive train components for BEVs and FCVs with high efficiency and suitability for mass production
- Competitive electric drive train components for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), including PlugIN Hybrid Vehicles (PHEV)
- Advanced fuel cell systems for drive train applications, incl. stack and FC system components
- Novel FC APU systems and related components incl. reformer technologies
- Hydrogen fuel, storage and infrastructure interface issues
- Advanced electrochemical energy storage systems
- Project demonstrations and fleet tests with BEVs, FCVs and FC-APUs
Strategic Vision
- Improve & validate electric drive train technologies for BEV, HEV, PHEV & FCV
- Improve & validate electric vehicle (BEV, HEV, PHEV & FCV) technologies for commercialisation decisions by 2015 and a mass market-rollout by 2020
- Assure the availability of competitive (low cost) components for all types of electrified vehicles
- Assure the availability of necessary infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles (charging infrastructure and hydrogen infrastructure)
