Optimized Hybrids
Résumé
Today, hybrids are on the road, from
affordable micro hybrids providing
mostly the stop&start feature, up to
more expensive systems with signifi -
cant pure electric mode range. One
of the challenges is to improve the
control algorithms to reach better
fuel economy and reduce emissions.
Developing efficient energy management
algorithms (EMAs) does
slightly increase the hybrid system
costs, but it can also improve the
vehicle’s fuel economy by several
percent. That has been precisely one
of the research topics of the Laboratory
of Industrial and Human Automation
Control, Mechanical Engineering
and Computer Science
(LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201) since 1996.