INEOS Grenadier

该项目将评估氢燃料电池驱动的4x4的可行性和生产，包括车辆要求、系统设计和组件供应。重点将放在满足越野使用的性能、坚固性和耐用性要求上，同时利用零排放技术进行长距离行驶。燃料电池非常适合这一应用，因为它比纯电动汽车（bev）具有更好的能量储存，因此重量体积比更好，但与电动机一起工作，以满足越野驾驶要求，因此开辟了一个巨大的潜在市场，因为传统的原始设备制造商已经腾出了重型越野车的空间（例如新概念梅赛德斯G-Wagen，停产的路虎Defender等）。此外，还为其他越野应用创造了重要的机会。该项目的明确目标是：*模拟动力系统在真实世界的情况下（指定温度等），为供应商定义系统规格。*推导出动力系统内的电力驱动单元和DC-DC转换器子系统的各自要求。*对供应商的现货组件和子系统进行评估，看他们是否能满足性能和质量要求，以及财务/交货时间的限制。*进行整合和包装研究，以探索包括氢动力系统所需的车辆改装。该项目将由英力士汽车公司与AVL动力总成公司合作开发一个越野车平台，该平台可以生产多种型号，并进一步适用于大型车辆，包括货车和建筑工厂。英力士具有独特的优势，可以与其化学部门合作，在英国开发急需的加氢基础设施，而AVL将以他们在车辆工程和设计方面的工作为基础，成为氢燃料电池领域的专家。该项目的主要挑战包括设计和集成具有高耐久性的高性能子系统；并开发矛盾要求的最佳解决方案，例如需要密封燃料电池以保护进入，同时也为组件提供足够的冷却。如果掷弹兵车型仅占英国suv市场的10%，它的年销量将达到3万辆。1%的全球SUV市场相当于每年27.9万辆。总体而言，该项目将为英国带来一家新的汽车制造商，并帮助英国成为氢经济的中心。

This project will assess the feasibility and production of a hydrogen fuel cell powered 4x4, including the vehicle requirements, system design and component supply. The key focus will be on meeting the performance, ruggedness and durability requirements for off-road use, while making use of zero emission technologies with a long range.The fuel cell is well suited to this application since it has better energy storage, and therefore weight to volume ratio, than battery electric vehicles (BEVs), but works with electric motors to meet off-road driveability requirements, therefore opening up a large potential market, since traditional OEMs have vacated the space for heavy duty utility 4x4s (e.g. new concept Mercedes G-Wagen, discontinued Land Rover Defender etc), in addition to creating significant opportunity for carry-over to other off-road applications.The defined aims of the project are:*Simulate the powertrain under real world situations (specified temperatures, etc.) to define system specifications for suppliers.*Derive the respective requirements for the electrical drive unit and DC-DC convertor sub-systems within the powertrain.*Conduct evaluations of suppliers for off-the-shelf components and subsystems, to see whether they can meet performance and quality requirements, and financial/delivery-time constraints.*Carry out an integration and packaging study, to explore the vehicle modifications required to include the hydrogen powertrain.The project will be undertaken by INEOS Automotive, in partnership with AVL Powertrain, to develop an off-road vehicle platform from which many variants can be produced, with further applicability to large vehicles including vans and construction plant. INEOS is uniquely positioned to work with its chemical division to develop much-needed hydrogen filling infrastructure in the UK, and AVL will build on their work on vehicle engineering and design to become experts in the hydrogen fuel cell field.Major challenges in the project involve the design and integration of high-performance subsystems with high durability; and development of optimal solutions to contradictory requirements, such as the need to seal the fuel cell for ingress protection, while also providing sufficient cooling to components.If the Grenadier vehicle range captures just 10% of the UK market for SUVs, it will achieve annual sales of 30,000 units. 1% of the global SUV market would equate to 279,000 units per year. Overall, the project will bring a new vehicle manufacturer into the UK, and help to establish the UK as a hub for the hydrogen economy.