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汽车公司在拓展运输卡车领域的先驱成功的基础上。Tevva与伦敦的客户UPS合作，已经证明一辆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，电池反过来为牵引电机提供动力，可以减少50%的燃料使用量，同时消除城市有害的尾气排放。该项目以这一成功为基础，通过采用高度创新的方法来降低动力传动系统成本，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，纽卡斯尔大学高度创新的电机和发电机设计将同时为电池充电和驱动车轮；这一驱动代表了英国独一无二的开发技术，它消除了对稀土磁铁和复杂车辆冷却系统的需求。其次，Tevva将与Vayon合作，在这些卡车上使用日产Leaf的电池；这将极大地提高卡车的价格，利用这些电池的高能量密度(续航里程增加一倍或电池质量减半)，甚至允许使用第二生命电池。这些二次寿命电池是那些经过使用已经达到原始容量的80%，不再用于汽车的电池，它们仍然是卡车上使用的理想电池。

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.