Next generation affordable electrified powertrains with superior energy efficiency and performance - leadership in automotive powertrain (LEAP)

运输行业正在朝着更高效、更可靠、更安全、更智能和更安全的方向发展。 更环保的高性能车辆。这种模式的转变是电气化， 下一代电动汽车的全球竞争激烈。该项目旨在帮助加拿大 保持和增强其在汽车行业的历史优势和全球竞争力， 混合动力和电动汽车的市场渗透率。 电动汽车大规模商业化面临的主要技术挑战包括： 开发低成本、可靠、坚固、高性能、高效的动力系统和动力系统部件， 可扩展的在这个项目中，加拿大卓越研究主席（CERC）在混合动力系统（唯一的CERC有关， 汽车工业）和麦克马斯特大学正在与克莱斯勒-一个主要的汽车制造商合作 在加拿大-开发下一代负担得起的电气化动力系统和动力总成组件，以克服 这些重大挑战。此外，该项目利用了麦克马斯特在汽车研究方面的独特优势， 政府在联邦和省一级对全球独特的汽车研究进行了重大投资 基础设施在麦克马斯特，以及正在进行的大学与克莱斯勒的合作伙伴关系，以提供急需的临界质量 这将使加拿大实现下一代电动汽车。 这一前所未有的研究和开发计划提出了一个全面的计划， 研究，教育和多学科行业合作，以显着推进电气化动力总成 技术和集成解决方案的车辆应用。此外，新型动力总成部件和 子系统包括电力电子电路、电机、电机控制器、储能管理 系统和嵌入式软件将被开发，以实现上级能源效率和性能， 成本和增加的可靠性。

There is an evolving paradigm shift in the transportation industry toward more efficient, more reliable, safer, smarter, and higher-performance vehicles that are more environmentally friendly. This paradigm shift is electrification and there is a fierce global competition to develop lhe next generation of electrified vehicles. This project aims at helping Canada to maintain and enhance its historical strengths and global competitiveness in the automotive industry with the emerging market penetration of hybrid and electric vehicles. Major technical challenges for the mass commercialization of electrified vehicles include significant difficulties in developing powertrains and powertrain components that are low-cost, reliable, rugged, high-performance, efficient, and scalable. In this project, the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Hybrid Powertrain (the only CERC related to the automotive industry) and McMaster University are joining forces with Chrysler--a major manufacturer of automobiles in Canada--to develop the next generation of affordable electrified powertrains and powertrain components to overcome these major challenges. In addition, this project leverages McMaster's unique strengths in automotive research, significant government investments both at the Federal and Provincial levels in the globally-unique automotive research infrastructure at McMaster, and the ongoing university partnership with Chrysler to provide much-needed critical mass that will enable the realization of the next generation of electrified vehicles in Canada. This unprecedented research and development program proposes a comprehensive plan for integrating the highestquality research, education, and multi-disciplinary industry cooperation to significantly advance electrified powertrain technologies and integrated solutions for vehicular applications. Furthermore, novel powertrain components and subsystems including power electronic circuits, electric machines, motor controllers, energy storage management systems, and embedded software will be developed to achieve superior energy efficiency and performance at a reduced cost and increased reliability.