Technical Paper
High Power Lead-Acid Battery for Heavy-Duty HEV, On the Road and Laboratory Performance and Reliability
2003-03-03
2003-01-0090
When the first hybrid vehicles were commercialized in the early '90, traction lead-acid batteries were used as on board storage system, and their limits in this application were soon complained from users and recognized by manufacturers. Therefore the battery industry has developed specific high-power lead-acid batteries, which constitute an industrialized and economic alternative to the alkaline batteries (Ni-Cd, Ni-MeH). Under the direction and funding support of the Commission of the European Community, the R&D Organization EUCAR (European Council for Automotive Research, a collaborative partnership of most European car manufacturers), has been conducting an autonomous characterization activity of these high-power systems using agreed test procedures, through bench tests carried out by different independent laboratories throughout Europe.
