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Agenda
Tuesday, 07 Dec 2010
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Wednesday, 08 Dec 2010
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Tuesday December 07, 2010
Keynotes (08:25 - 11:55)
08:25 - 08:50 "Global Market for Electric Vehicles 2010-2020. Land, Water and Air."
- Industrial, commercial, military, cars, bikes, aircraft, marine and other EVs 2010-2020
- Major technical and marketing disruptions to expect in the coming decade
- The global production of electrical means from less than 100000 units in the 2000 is approaching 70 million units this year. For at least other five years the growth of the electrical mobility industry is likely to confirm the remarkable 40% CAGR registered in 2004-2009 being equalled only by that of Renewable Energies with which it is sharing several technological developments.
- However electrical mobility is neither clean or energy saving when implemented on the base of old technologies such as lead acid batteries, DC brushed motors and coal based electricity. The current drawbacks associated to the spread of LEVs (bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, tricycles, quad-cycles) when manufactured with old technologies, become evident and unsustainable on larger vehicles (cars).
- Given that cost and range issues can be properly managed, the transport industry is asked to assure the users that electrical vehicles are safer and healthier than conventional combustion based vehicles. It is now globally acknowledge that modern electrical powertrains will lead to radical primary energy savings, remarkable overall emission reductions, that they are "conceptually simple" and allow an unsurpassable fun-to-drive but at a systems integration level the technology is still at his infancy. With this in mind the presentation addresses the priorities given within the European Technology Platform EPoSS "Smart Systems Integration" in terms of the overall efficiency, safety and health related aspects.
- Electrification of military vehicles in the context of energy security and a steady increase of battlefield energy consumption.
- Bridging the gap between basic research on energy conversion and storage and tools for system-level analysis and optimization of the hybrid-electric powertrain
- Hybridization of military vehicles for efficiency and mobility; military duty cycles
- High power density
- Vehicle Supported Military MicroGrid
- Review of Current Large EV Technologies
- Evolving Large EV Technology Needs
- Technologies Under-Development for Large EVs
- Concluding Remarks / View of the Future
10:30 Networking Break
- The what and who of project i
- The current project "MINI E"
- The future projects "BMW ActiveE" and "Megacity Vehicle (MCV)"
Solar Powered Vehicles (11:55 - 13:55)
11:55 - 12:20 "Solar Cruising on North America's Waterways"- This presentation is based on personal experiences from exploring three major North American waterways using solar power as primary propulsion.
- These solar treks parallel the Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company's evolution and product's ongoing development.
- Challenges and opportunities in greening our waterways is discussed.
- The next generation of solar boats are revealed.
- Principles of the solar-electric airplane
- An approach to feasibility studies and conceptual design
- Applications and related key challenges
- Prototype development at ASL: milestones
12:45 LUNCH
Real World Applications (13:55 - 14:20)
13:55 - 14:20 "Overview of Fleet Truck Electrification"- Fleet truck electrification requires a different approach than light vehicle electrification, because the market is structured differently.
- Fleets are risk-averse, economic buyers, but willing to try pilots and test programs.
- Parallel hybrids, e.g. the "Prius analog" for fleet trucks, have seen adoption among US fleets in the hundreds to low thousands.
- Truly revolutionary driveline technology for trucks is emerging, but in limited pilots - and to date lacks scale.
- Within the decade, these revolutionary technologies for fleet trucks will hit the tipping point. It remains to be seen who the winners will be.
Electric Aircraft (14:20 - 16:10)
14:20 - 14:45 "Elektra One Electric Aircraft from Germany"- ultra low noise propellers
- high MPG aircraft
- extremely short take off distances (ESTOL)
An overview of electric aircraft propulsion technology performance thresholds for key power system components is presented. A weight comparison of electric drive systems normalized by total delivered energy is made to help identify component performance requirements, and promising research and development opportunities.
15:35 Networking Break
Electric Vehicles On and Under Water (16:10 - 17:00)
16:10 - 16:35 "Deepflight Manned Underwater Electric Vehicles"- Why it will be possible to make submarines that can emerge and fly as aircraft.
- Introduction and overview of current ROV market and ROV designs
- The tether constraint
- The shift to battery power and its implications on ROV design
- Altering subsea intervention economics
- Looking forward: ROVs, AUVs, and everything in between
Lessons from Record Breaking E-Motorbikes (17:00 - 17:25)
17:00 - 17:25 "High Performance Electrics: KillaCycle, ElectroCat and KillaJoule"- KillaCycle- the world's fastest electric motorcycle. Zero to 60 mph in less than one second.
- ElectroCat- the first electric motorcycle to conquer Pike's Peak 14,110 feet.
- KillaJoule - expected to be the world's fastest electric motorcycle by the time of the conference.
New System Approaches (17:25 - 17:50)
17:25 - 17:50 "New EV Systems Technology"- Electric Vehicle Components and the System
- Research and Development
- Testing and Improvement
- Commercialization and Cost Effectiveness
17:50 Day 1 Ends
Wednesday December 08, 2010
Future Traction Batteries (08:25 - 09:40)
08:25 - 08:50 "Single Large Capacity Lithium Ion Cells for EVs"- The fallacy of having Lithium ion cell in parallel
- Performance and Relability of using singlelarge capacity Lithium ion cell
- PolyPlus Battery Company invented and patented the Protected Lithium Electrode
- Lithium-Air Batteries are ultra-light since they use ambient air as the positive electrode
- Ambient air contains a significant amount of moisture
- Therefore, the lithium electrode must be stable to moisture
- PolyPlus protected lithium electrodes are remarkably stable to moisture and in fact can be fully immersed in water
- The suitability of OXIS' Technology for the Electric Vehicle market.
- OXIS Energy Technology versus other battery Technology-current and future.
- User requirements for the Electric Vehicle Market.
Printed Electronics and Electrics: Wireless Devices (09:40 - 11:55)
09:40 - 10:05 "Self-powered Piezoelectric and Piezoresistive Microsensors for Future Vehicles"- 3D thin and thick film deposition,
- Piezoelectric MEMS
- Barium titanate
- Carbon nanotube
- SiCN composite based sensors
- Silicon integrated energy harvesters
- high frequency-high power electronic components.
- The mass acceptance of electric vehicles will require an extensive network of easy-to-use chargers from many vendors. Mass acceptance will also cause localized grid load challenges - why should the driver want to help balance the grid?
10:30 Networking Break
Investment in Electric Vehicles (11:05 - 11:30)
11:05 - 11:30 "Electrification of Transportation - An Investor's Perspective"- Public market performance
- IPO and M&A activity
- Venture Capital (VC) financing
- Criteria for VC investment
Lessons from East Asia (11:30 - 12:20)
11:30 - 11:55 "Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics and Infra Red Harvesting"- Flexible, conformal and transparent photovoltaics options for the future
- Likely power provided in future versions
- Capturing polarised, low level and narrow angle emissions, UV, IR and visible
- Nantennas with ballistic diodes as alternative to pn junction and photoelectrochemical PV
Future Breakthroughs in Components, Materials & Subsystems: New EV Types (12:20 - 14:45)
12:20 - 12:24 "Findings from the BMW MINI E and UC Davis PHEV Experimental Deployments"- Driver response to the BMW MINI E
- Driver response to Prius PHEV conversions
- Consumers and PEVs
12:45 Lunch
In 2010, Bladon Jets has announced a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to develop a mini turbine fitted to electric cars that charges batteries on the go. Bladon Jets is leading a consortium that has been awarded funding from the UK Government's Technology Strategy Board to develop this Ultra Light Range Extender ULRE, bringing it to market before any other in the world.
- Concurrent requirements for high power while minimizing energy storage cost present a difficult tradeoff for PHEV batteries.
- The existing solutions are costly "power" batteries or oversized "energy" batteries.
- Lower cost batteries protected by actively controlled ultracapacitors can greatly reduce energy storage cost while improving performance.
Lessons From Next Generation Performance Cars (14:45 - 15:45)
14:45 - 15:10 "The KleenSpeed Project the "Peoples EV" and its 200 mph Formula One test-bed"- History of KleenSpeed and evolution of our EV power sytems
- The most important component the intuitive BMS
- The EV's of 2020 and the KleenSpeed Project platform
15:10 Networking Break
Energy Harvesting Shock Absorbers (15:45 - 16:35)
15:45 - 16:10 "Hydraulic Suspension Energy Harvesting for Commercial, Defense, and Light Vehicles"- As much as 85% of the energy in conventional ICE vehicles is lost as heat. While EVs are more efficient, there are still significant sources of energy loss.
- Presentation discusses a breakthrough hydraulic energy harvesting mechanism, GenShock, that captures waste suspension energy
- Technology simultaneously improves ride control and handling by adjusting suspension damping dynamically
- Discusses advances in efficient hydraulics, power electronics, and vehicle dynamics control
- The inherent electrical systems apparent in electrical vehicles increases the prospect for electronic active suspension systems in commercial vehicles, furthermore it sometimes even becomes necessary due to the weight distribution of the different components compared to ICE vehicles.
- The presentation will discuss a direct-drive electromagnetic suspension system including patented fail-safe passive damping, which can recover vibration energy into the battery.
- This suspension system provides electrical energy with over 80% efficiency while improving ride comfort and handling.
- The ongoing research considers electromagnetics, thermal modeling, advanced control, mechanical construction and a final prototype for a BMW 530i.
Battery Cost Reduction (16:35 - 17:00)
16:35 - 17:00 "EV Traction Battery Cost Reduction through Second Use"- Energy Commission battery second use research
- Battery second use demonstration in SDG&E service area
- Future research in electric fuel
17:00 Day 2 Ends
