NationalCenterforSustainableTransportation

Home / Tags

Recent Inquiries

Articles

Energy Management System Cuts Plug-in Hybrid Fuel Consumption by One Third

Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have taken inspiration from biological evolution and the energy savings garnered by birds flying in formation to improve the efficiency of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by more than 30 percent. PHEVs, which combine a gas or diesel engine with an electric motor and a large rechargeable battery,