Hybridization — bridge for electrification

With a lot of good and positive pressure coming from the Government and environmentalists in cleaning up the air, and customer demands for increased efficiency and performance, the automotive industry is exploring options for both conventional and non-conventional ways to upgrade their existing vehicle powertrains. Due to an unfavorable trade-off between battery cost to vehicle range and performance, limited availability of components and charging infrastructure, currently electric vehicles are not at par with conventional IC engine based 2W available in the market. Even after incentive schemes, electric vehicles are not gaining the numbers as they fail to meet customer expectations in terms of performance and use cases. This paper presents work done at Schaeffler on identifying customer expectations and areas of improvement in a 2W. Various hybrid functions and configurations are evaluated for the benefits, component sizing and payback period estimates.