TevvaDrive 3.0. Range Extended Electric Trucks with UK designed and build E-motors and batteries

TevvaDrive 2.0项目建立在Tevva Motor在开拓范围扩展的卡车方面取得成功的基础上。Tevva与伦敦的UPS客户合作，已经证明了一辆7.5吨重的卡车使用福特福克斯的小型柴油发动机为电池充电，然后为牵引电机提供动力，可以减少50%的燃料使用，同时消除城市中有害的尾气排放。该项目建立在这一成功的基础上，采用高度创新的方法来降低传动系统成本，使车辆对未来的客户具有成本效益。Tevva将与纽卡斯尔大学合作，该大学高度创新的电机和发电机设计将为电池充电并驱动车轮;这种驱动代表了独特的英国开发技术，无需稀土磁体和复杂的车辆冷却系统。其次，Tevva将与Vayon合作，以便在这些卡车中使用日产Leaf的电池;这将大大提高卡车的可负担性，利用这些电池的高能量密度（范围增加一倍或电池质量减半），甚至允许使用“第二次生命”电池。这些二次电池是那些通过使用达到其原始容量的80%，不再可用于汽车的电池，它们仍然是卡车的理想选择。

The TevvaDrive 2.0 project builds on Tevva Motor's success in pioneering range extended delivery trucks. Working with client UPS in London, Tevva has already shown that a 7.5 tonne truck using a small diesel engine, from a Ford Focus, to charge batteries which in turn provide power to a traction motor, can reduce fuel usage by 50% whilst eliminating harmful tailpipe emissions in cities. This project builds on this success by taking a highly innovative approach to reduce drivetrain cost, making the vehicles cost effecitive to future clients. Tevva will work with Newcastle University whose highly innovate motor and generator design will both charge batteries and drive the wheels; this drive represents unique UK developed technology which eliminates the need for rare earth magnets and complex vehicle cooling systems. Secondly Tevva will work with Vayon in order to make use of batteries from the Nissan Leaf in these trucks; this will dramatically improve the affordability of the truck, take advantage of the high energy density of these batteries (doubling range or halving battery mass) and even allow the use of 'second life' batteries. These second life batteries are those that have through use reached 80% of their orgininal capacity, no longer usable in a car they are still ideal for use in a truck.