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The objective of the Project is to develop a low cost lead-acid battery solution for hybrid electric vehicles based on a novel, individual, spirally wound valve-regulated lead-acid 2V cell optimized for this application. This cell will be used as a building block for the development of a complete battery pack that is managed at the cell level. Following bench testing, this battery pack will be thoroughly evaluated by substituting it for the Nickel/Metal Hydride pack in a Honda Insight A paper given at the Future Car Congress in June 2002 covered the first half of the 3-year project and described work carried out in the following areas: Development of cell and battery testing facilities. The design and development of the prototype double-ended cell. The development of the battery pack specification and pack design. The development of the battery management system. It also gave details of the test results obtained on the demonstration vehicle with its original NiMH battery.

Battery sizing has significant importance for the performance of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Although several research has been done over the years for the battery sizing, no research has focused on battery system efficiency which affects fuel economy. This paper has investigated battery system efficiencies of different optimum battery sizes which were optimised using two design optimisation methodologies. The first methodology considered a single driving pattern at a time, whereas, the second methodology considered different driving patterns simultaneously for the optimisation. The study considered a simulation model of a power-split HEV for the optimisation of battery size along with internal combustion engine, motor, and generator. An electric-assist charge sustaining supervisory control strategy was considered as the energy management. The maximum speed, acceleration, and gradeability were considered as design constraints.