Chassis Design for AWD Electrified Pick Up Truck 2016-01-1675
Developments of new Electric and Hybrid propulsion systems demands chassis adaptations.
The purpose of the XeV project was to develop and integrate a full suite of active chassis systems to deliver a fully electrified All-Wheel-Drive Pick-up truck. To achieve so, a new chassis frame, engine cradles and battery box were designed to bring direct drive from electric motor to wheel. On the other hand, for a four-wheelindependent-drive, a new rear suspension design was implemented, and a complex torque vectoring and traction control strategy was developed to provide optimum on and off road performance.
All systems were tuned to meet the new drivetrain configuration, weight distribution and vehicle loading conditions making it possible to achieve comparable results with respect to the original combustion engine vehicle.
Citation: Prado, R., Pedret, P., Moure, C., and Morales-Menendez, R., "Chassis Design for AWD Electrified Pick Up Truck," SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1675, 2016, https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-01-1675. Download Citation
Author(s):
Ricardo Prado, Paula Pedret, Christophe Moure, Ruben Morales-Menendez
Affiliated:
METALSA, Applus Idiada Group, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Pages: 8
Event:
SAE 2016 World Congress and Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Light trucks
Electric motors
Traction control
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