Example projects and capabilities include:
Hybrids & Electric Vehicles
- Large commercial vehicles hybridization concept study
- HyTrans, a UK government funded light commercial delivery micro-hybrid vehicle programme, resulting in the delivery of a robust, production-ready demonstrator vehicle with no loss of payload volume and fuel consumption savings of over 20% on a real-world delivery cycle derived from measured data
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- Hybrid bus optimization project for an Asian client, helping them achieve real world fuel economy improvement of circa 10% through simulation and analysis of the proposed system – recommendations included changes to battery technology and sizing, and cooling system optimization
- Hybrid architecture study for Asian client, looking to develop a family approach to multiple medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles for world markets – study considered legislative drivers and incentives, drive cycle variations and non-driveline related optimisations as well as the a number of different hybrid driveline concepts for each vehicle class
- Hybrid refuse truck study examining the business case, architecture definition using simulation to determine the best configuration for the customer duty cycle and application