The DTIC Review. Hybrid and Electronic Vehicles. Volume 4. Number 1, June 1998.

Abstract

'Hybrid' vehicles combine the best of gasoline, electricity and energy storage systems. Government and industry research and development programs are working on the multimillion dollar program to develop a fleet of experimental hybrid vehicles. The DARPA Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technology program is pursuing research, development and demonstrations of technologies for electric and hybrid vehicles that address military missions, modernization and cost mitigation. The hybrid technology is equally important to both military and industry. Environmental regulations motivate both to find alternatives to the traditional vehicle. In an effort to comply with these strict regulations research efforts focus on building engines with high efficiency and low exhaust emission. In addition to improving air quality, it is also desirable to build inexpensive, reliable, long lasting, and compact vehicles. Formidable technological barriers exist however, to achieving performance cost and reliability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA338212

Entities

People

  • Christian C. Cupp
  • Phyllis Levine

Organizations

  • Defense Technical Information Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bipolar Junction Transistors
  • Chemistry
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Engineers
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Power Electronics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics