Electric city bus performance evaluation by chassis dynamometer measurements

Joel Anttila; Sai Santhosh Tota; Yancho Todorov

doi:10.1109/VPPC49601.2020.9330935

Electric city bus performance evaluation by chassis dynamometer measurements

Joel Anttila, Sai Santhosh Tota, Yancho Todorov

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Abstract

Independent and comparable information about the performance of commercial electric buses is sparse. Despite the high overall powertrain efficiency of electric buses, considerable differences are found between different bus models. This paper adds a powertrain efficiency test to a previous measurement method to further advance the performance testing of heavy-duty electric vehicles in laboratory conditions. The method is applied on five commercially available battery-electric city buses and the results are assessed on a common framework. The results showed up to 28% difference on payload-specific energy consumption between highest and lowest consuming buses and noticeable disparity between specific powertrain efficiency curves.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-8959-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-8960-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC49601.2020.9330935
Publication status	Published - 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	17th IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2020 - Virtual Duration: 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 https://events.vtsociety.org/vppc2020/

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Series	IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC
Volume	2020
ISSN	1938-8756

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Conference	17th IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2020
Period	18/11/20 → 16/12/20
Internet address	https://events.vtsociety.org/vppc2020/

Keywords

electric bus
heavy-duty vehicles
chasis dynamometer
powertrain efficiency
energy consuption
Energy consumption
Chassis dynamometer
Electric buses
Laboratory measurement
Heavy-duty vehicles
Powertrain efficiency

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Anttila, J , Tota, SS & Todorov, Y 2020, Electric city bus performance evaluation by chassis dynamometer measurements. in 2020 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)., 9330935, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC, vol. 2020, 17th IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2020, 18/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC49601.2020.9330935

Electric city bus performance evaluation by chassis dynamometer measurements. / Anttila, Joel ; Tota, Sai Santhosh ; Todorov, Yancho.

2020 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2020. 9330935 (IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC, Vol. 2020).

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