Innovation Caf: TransportationElectricity Convergence

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Innovation Café Transportation/Electricity
Convergence
Matthew Stevens, Partner CrossChasm Technologies
APPrO 2008, November 18th, 2008 Toronto, Ontario
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CrossChasm quick intro

• 1st Background

Rick Wagoner, Chairman CEO of General
Motors Driving Waterloos ChallengeX Vehicle
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CrossChasm quick intro

• 2nd Today

Consulting
Products
Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid, and Electric Vehicle
Simulation Design Controls Mission Profiling
Battery degradation (including relationship to
grid-vehicle interaction)
Tools for secondary battery use
By-Wire Engine Control (small engine)
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The Gasoline Baseline

• What is the energy and power of filling your
  gasoline tank in lt2 minutes?

10 gallon/min
5 gallon/min
? between ?
490 g/s
245 g/s
21.1 MJ/s
10.6 MJ/s
Power of 10-21MW Energy of 373kWh (1.3GJ)
TANK
15 powertrain efficiency Energy of 56kWh
WHEELS
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Order Of Magnitude Tank Energy
Conventional 370kWh
Charge-Sustaining Hybrid 210-280kWh
TANK
Charge Sustaining Fuel Cell Hybrid 100-120kWh
Charge-Depleting Hybrid/ Electic 70-90kWh
15 powertrain efficiency Energy of 56kWh
WHEELS
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High-level Powertrain Overview
For light-duty automotive
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Sustainable transportation requires
C A R
GRID
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Battery degradation in current hybrids
Source Karner Francfort, Journal of Power
Sources. Hybrid and Plug-in hybrid electric
vehicle performance testing by the US Department
of Energy Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity
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Charge-depleting operation
Fully Charged

• Charge-depleting includes
• higher SOC swing
• higher charge-discharge rates
• higher temperatures

Useable Max
More strenuous operation / degradation.
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Therefore, must understand -duty
cycle -environmental variables
Useable Min
Must have an methodical/tempered increase in
electrification
Fully Depleted
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Innovation Café Transportation/Electricity
Convergence
Matthew Stevens, Partner CrossChasm
Technologies mstevens_at_crosschasm.com APPrO
2008, November 18th, 2008 Toronto, Ontario
Power of 10-21MW