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    This document discusses designing efficient passenger vehicles. It notes that designing vehicles to be fuel/energy efficient is critical for legal compliance and brand perception. It recommends reducing vehicle road load to improve efficiency for combustion and electric vehicles. The major contributors to road load are aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance, and driveline loss. The document suggests focusing first on major losses like drag and rolling resistance, then minor losses. It discusses predicting and validating efficiency through simulation and testing. Finally, it acknowledges managing conflicting priorities between vehicle efficiency, dynamics, and other factors requires analysis and compromise.

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    This document discusses designing efficient passenger vehicles. It notes that designing vehicles to be fuel/energy efficient is critical for legal compliance and brand perception. It recommends reducing vehicle road load to improve efficiency for combustion and electric vehicles. The major contributors to road load are aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance, and driveline loss. The document suggests focusing first on major losses like drag and rolling resistance, then minor losses. It discusses predicting and validating efficiency through simulation and testing. Finally, it acknowledges managing conflicting priorities between vehicle efficiency, dynamics, and other factors requires analysis and compromise.

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    This document discusses designing efficient passenger vehicles. It notes that designing vehicles to be fuel/energy efficient is critical for legal compliance and brand perception. It recommends reducing vehicle road load to improve efficiency for combustion and electric vehicles. The major contributors to road load are aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance, and driveline loss. The document suggests focusing first on major losses like drag and rolling resistance, then minor losses. It discusses predicting and validating efficiency through simulation and testing. Finally, it acknowledges managing conflicting priorities between vehicle efficiency, dynamics, and other factors requires analysis and compromise.

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    Designing an Efficient

    Passenger Vehicle

    Saurabhh Kuhar
    Why?

    Push for reducing the All Electric by different


    Emissions Governments
    Effect on ESG Scores
    • JLR – Score : 17.5
    Ranked 17 out of 91)
    • Porsche – Score : 13.3
    Ranked 7 out of 91
    • Mercedes – Score 13.1
    Ranked 5 out of 91

    Designing the cars to be fuel/energy efficient becomes critical for legal reasons and for brand perception.
    Saurabhh Kuhar
    How?
    Combustion
    EVs (PEVs/HEVs)
    Ignition Vehicles

    Reducing the
    Tuning the Engine Efficient Battery
    Vehicle Road Load

    It is imperative to reduce the vehicle road load to improve the fuel/energy efficiency of the vehicle
    Saurabhh Kuhar
    Vehicle Road Load

    Major
    • Aerodynamic Drag Contributors
    for road load
    • Rolling Resistance • Auxiliary Electric Systems loss

    • Driveline Loss • Loss during Battery Charging

    • Brake Drag • Parasitic Losses

    • Lateral Drag
    • Wheel Bearing Drag

    Focusing to reduce the road load from major contributors can quickly improve the overall vehicle road load
    Next focus can be shifted to minor losses
    Saurabhh Kuhar
    Reducing the Vehicle Road Load
    Major Losses Minor Losses
    • Aerodynamic Drag – Streamlined body (CFD/Wind Tunnel) – • Reducing brake drag
    Low Cd (coefficient of drag) • Wheel bearing – Improving lubrication
    • Rolling Resistance – Reducing hysteresis loss (Using low RRC • Lateral Drag – Wheel Alignment
    tires)
    • Driveline Loss – Reducing churning losses (better lubrication)

    In addition to reducing the vehicle roadload, some other means of reducing the energy loss are –
    • Reducing Idling losses (carefully tuning idle RPM)
    • Using technology such as ISS/ISG
    • Improving the thermal efficiency

    Improving the Cd, reducing the tire RR, reducing the frictional losses in the drivetrain can be helpful in
    reducing the vehicle road load and improving the energy efficiency of the vehicle.
    Saurabhh Kuhar
    Prediction and Validation

    Prediction/Component Level Measurement Validation (Vehicle Level Measurement)

    • Aerodynamic Drag – CFD Simulation • Wind Tunnel Testing

    • Rolling Resistance – Vehicle RRC measurement • Vehicle Level RR measurement on chassis

    • Driveline Drag – Component Level Testing dynamometer

    • Brake Drag – Residual Brake Drag measurement • Coastdown Testing

    • Lateral Drag – Side Slip measurement

    Saurabhh Kuhar
    Managing Conflicting Scenarios
    Vehicle Dynamics & Performance VS Vehicle Efficiency

    Vehicle Tire Rolling


    Aerodynamics Resistance

    Fuel Fuel Road


    Efficiency Efficiency Noise

    Vehicle Ride and


    Durability
    Handling Handling

    Analysing and weighing the positives and negatives of the solutions and combining them with the Cost, Marketing Strategy, Target
    Audience, and the regulatory requirements can help resolve these conflicting scenarios
    Saurabhh Kuhar
    Thank You

    Saurabhh Kuhar

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