Development of a Series Hybrid Electric Vehicle as Low-Floor City Transit Bus

Choi, Uk-Don; Oh, Se-Jin; Lee, Chang-Hee; Lee, Se-Hyun

doi:10.3390/wevj3020379

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26 June 2009

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Development of a Series Hybrid Electric Vehicle as Low-Floor City Transit Bus

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Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Electro-Mechanical Research Institute, 102-18 Mabuk-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446—716, Korea

Daewoo Bus Corporation, 1085-1, Banyeo-dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-060, Korea

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World Electr. Veh. J.2009, 3(2), 379-386;https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj3020379

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Abstract

In this paper, simulation and test results of a low floor Series Hybrid Electric Vehicle running in BUSAN city driving mode are presented. Hyundai Heavy Industries Company and Daewoo Bus Corporation have jointly developed a prototype Series Hybrid Electric Bus (SHEB) to evaluate vehicle performance together with fuel economy as a part of feasibility study on hybrid bus operation. It is found that the fuel efficiency of SHEB is 22% higher than that of a conventional internal combustion engine bus and our GENSET control method is quite effective in maintaining that battery’s State of Charge (SOC) during bus driving.

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vehicle performance; SHEB; generator; fuel economy; series HEV

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