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

阿拉巴马大学(UA)将在NSF工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)内建立一个网站，用于高效车辆和可持续交通系统(EV-STS)，加入路易斯维尔大学和亚利桑那州立大学现有的包租网站。成立该中心是为了支持美国汽车/地面运输行业？S努力满足有关车辆燃油经济性和排放的新联邦法规的要求，以及社会？S对提高经济和个人活动的可持续性的期望。EV-STS中心邀请行业关键利益相关者--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--参与确定与效率/可持续发展相关的重要问题，并制定研究项目，为这些问题开发创新的解决方案。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之间的合作，开展和传播行业相关技术和工具的研究，促进节能、环境可持续的地面车辆的设计、制造、部署和运营。这项任务的范围包括乘用车、轻型和重型卡车以及机动越野设备。它既包括车辆级技术，也包括结合地面车辆的基础设施和交通系统。特派团分为四个主要推进领域：全电动汽车的动力总成和包括电池、电机、电力电子、热管理、包装等在内的整个电动混合动力总成、先进内燃机和替代燃料、非动力总成车辆系统以及地面运输系统和基础设施。在EV-STS内，UA网站将专注于实现可持续电动汽车的研究重点。现场特定的主题领域可能包括用于电机和发电机的磁性材料、高性能电机控制、用于汽车能量回收的热电材料、支持5G的远程信息处理天线，以及基于机器学习的燃油效率评估和操作员协助。

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.