Bridging the gap between laboratory ready and consumer ready next generation plug-in hybrid electric powertrains

加拿大通用汽车有限公司（GM）和滑铁卢大学（UW）将调查车辆设计的两个重要方面：（i）真实驾驶习惯对动力系统设计的影响，以及（ii）调查基于实验室的设计与消费者准备车辆执行之间的差异。为了支持这些研究课题，华盛顿大学将把现有的生产通用汽车转换成插电式混合动力汽车，这将作为一个完全可定制的车辆测试台。该项目还将为学生提供独特的实践学习，并让学生接触工业级工具和流程。第一个主题涉及驾驶循环对车辆设计的影响。传统上，原始设备制造商使用政府提供的驾驶周期来设计他们的车辆;通过与通用汽车和CrossChasm合作，将捕捉和检查真实世界的驾驶习惯。将评估真实驾驶习惯和天气对车辆动力系统设计和油耗的影响。通过了解影响汽车设计的现实因素，通用汽车将能够更好地设计他们的汽车，以满足消费者的需求。加拿大人将受益于拥有燃料消耗更少、适合我们独特景观和气候的车辆。第二个研究课题将帮助通用汽车公司更好地了解车辆设计过程和资源需要从实验室设置到消费者准备的质量。感兴趣的领域是电池热模型，将在实验室条件下开发，并与道路上的实际热性能进行比较。其他感兴趣的领域包括驾驶性能（如何顺利汽车运行）的研究车辆相比，一个完善的消费者车辆。另一项研究将测量将溶剂对照代码从实验室迁移至溶剂所需的资源。有了这些信息，通用汽车将能够量化从实验室迁移到道路车辆的概念的成本。加拿大人的好处是车辆设计，以提供更低的成本，减少排放，更好的性能，由于更准确的电池，发动机和电机模型设计的所有气候。

General Motors of Canada Limited (GM) and University of Waterloo (UW) will investigate two important aspects of vehicle design: (i) the effect of real-world driving habits on powertrain design, and (ii) investigation of the differences between the laboratories based design to consumer ready vehicle execution. To support these research topics, UW will convert an existing, production GM vehicle into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, which will act as a fully customizable vehicle test bed. This project will also give students unique hands-on-learning and expose students to industry grade tools and processes. The first topic relates to the influence of drive cycles on vehicle design. Traditionally OEMs use government provided drive cycles to design their vehicles; by collaborating with GM and CrossChasm, real-world driving habits will be captured and examined. The impact of real-world driving habits and weather on vehicle's powertrain design and fuel consumption will be evaluated. By understanding the real-world factors which can influence vehicle design, GM will be able to better design their vehicle's to meet consumer needs. Canadians will benefit by having vehicles which consume less fuel and which are tailored to our unique landscape and climate. The second research topic will aid GM in better understanding the vehicle design process and resources required to move from a laboratory setting to a consumer ready quality. An area of interest is the battery thermal model, will be developed under laboratory conditions and be compared to the actual thermal performance on road. Other areas of interest include the drivability (how smoothly the car operates) of a research vehicle compared to a refined consumer vehicle. An additional study will measure the resources needed to migrate vehicle control code from the laboratory to a vehicle. With this information GM will be able to quantify the costs of migrating concepts from the laboratory to on-road vehicles. The benefit to Canadians are vehicles designed to provide reduced costs, reduced emissions, and better performance, thanks to more accurate battery, engine, and motor models designed for all climates.