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JPL's electric and hybrid vehicles project: Project activities and preliminary test resultsEfforts to achieve a 100 mile urban range, to reduce petroleum usage 40% to 70%, and to commercialize battery technology are discussed with emphasis on an all plastic body, four passenger car that is flywheel assisted and battery powered, and on an all metal body, four passenger car with front wheel drive and front motor. For the near term case, a parallel hybrid in which the electric motor and the internal combustion engine may directly power the drive wheels, is preferred to a series design. A five passenger car in which the electric motor and the gasoline engine both feed into the same transmission is discussed. Upgraded demonstration vehicles were tested using advanced lead acid, nickel zinc, nickel iron, and zinc chloride batteries to determine maximum acceleration, constant speed, and battery behavior. The near term batteries demonstrated significant improvement relative to current lead acid batteries. The increase in range was due to improved energy density, and ampere hour capacity, with relatively 1 small weight and volume differences.
Document ID
19810004476
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Barber, T. A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Lewis Research Center Impact for the 80's: Proc. of a Conf. on Selected Technol. for Business and Ind.
Subject Category
Urban Technology And Transportation
Accession Number
81N12987
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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