Testing Hybrid Electric Vehicle Emission and Fuel Economy at the 1994 DOE/SAE Hybrid Electric Vehicle Challenge

950177

02/01/1995

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
From June 12-20, 1994, an engineering design competition called the 1994 Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Challenge was held in Southfield, Michigan. This collegiate-level competition, which involved 36 colleges and universities from across North America, challenged the teams to build a superior HEV. One component of this comprehensive competition was the emissions event. Special HEV testing procedures were developed for the competition to find vehicle emissions and correct for battery state-of-charge while fitting into event time constraints. Although there were some problems with a newly-developed data acquisition system, we were able to get a full profile of the best performing vehicles as well as other vehicles that represent typical levels of performance from the rest of the field. This paper will explain the novel test procedures, present the emissions and fuel economy results, and provide analysis of second-by-second data for several vehicles.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/950177
Pages
11
Citation
Duoba, M., Quong, S., LeBlanc, N., and Larsen, R., "Testing Hybrid Electric Vehicle Emission and Fuel Economy at the 1994 DOE/SAE Hybrid Electric Vehicle Challenge," SAE Technical Paper 950177, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950177.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1995
Product Code
950177
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English