Phase I I/UCRC University of Alabama: Center for Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems (EV-STS)

亚拉巴马大学（UA）将在NSF工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）内建立一个高效车辆和可持续交通系统（EV-STS）的网站，加入路易斯维尔大学和亚利桑那州立大学的现有特许网站。该中心的建立是为了支持美国汽车/地面运输行业？为了满足新的联邦法规对车辆燃油经济性和排放的要求，以及社会的要求，我们期望在经济和个人活动中提高可持续性。EV-STS中心参与了该行业？的关键利益相关者-车辆制造商，零部件和系统供应商，车队运营商，能源公司，地面交通行业基础设施提供商，以及州和地方政府-在确定重要的效率/可持续性相关问题，并制定研究项目，开发创新的解决方案，这些问题。EV-STS中心及其UA网站的使命是利用企业，政府，和学术合作伙伴进行和传播行业相关的技术和工具，促进设计，制造，部署和能源效率，环境可持续的地面车辆的操作研究。这一使命的范围包括客车汽车、轻型和重型卡车以及机动越野设备。它既包括车辆级技术，也包括包含地面车辆的基础设施和运输系统。该使命分为四个主要的推动领域：全电动汽车的动力系统和整个电混合动力系统，包括电池，电机，电力电子，热管理，包装等，先进的内燃机和替代燃料、非动力系统车辆系统以及地面运输系统和基础设施。在EV-STS中，UA站点将重点研究实现可持续电动汽车。现场特定的主题领域可能包括用于电动机和发电机的磁性材料，高性能电动机控制，用于汽车能量回收的热电材料，5G就绪的远程信息处理天线，以及基于机器学习的燃油效率估计和操作员辅助。

The University of Alabama (UA) will establish a site within the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems (EV-STS), joining existing charter sites at the University of Louisville and Arizona State University. This center has been established to support the U.S. automotive/ground transportation industry?s efforts to meet demanding new federal regulations governing vehicle fuel economy and emissions, as well as society?s expectations for improved sustainability in economic and personal activities. The EV-STS Center engages the industry?s critical stakeholders - vehicle manufacturers, component and system suppliers, fleet operators, energy companies, ground transportation industry infrastructure providers, and state and local governments - in identifying important efficiency/sustainability related problems, and formulating research projects that develop innovative solutions to these problems.The mission of the EV-STS Center and its UA Site is to leverage collaborations among corporate, government, and academic partners to conduct and disseminate industry-relevant research on technologies and tools that facilitate the design, manufacture, deployment, and operation of energy efficient, environmentally sustainable ground vehicles. The scope of this mission includes passenger cars, light- and heavy duty trucks, and motorized off-road equipment. It encompasses both vehicle-level technologies, and the infrastructure and transportation systems that incorporate ground vehicles. The mission is divided into four primary thrust areas: powertrains for full-electric vehicles and the entire continuum of electric-hybrid powertrains, including batteries, electric machines, power electronics, thermal management, packaging, etc., advanced internal combustion engines and alternative fuels, non-powertrain vehicle systems, and ground transportation systems and infrastructure. Within EV-STS, the UA Site will have a research focus on realizing sustainable electrified vehicles. Site-specific topic areas are likely to include magnetic materials for electric motors and generators, high performance electric motor controls, thermoelectric materials for automotive energy recovery, 5G-ready telematics antennas, and machine learning-based fuel efficiency estimation and operator assistance.