AsilomarAugust-September 2011
Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure
Britta GrossDirector, Global Energy Systems and Infrastructure Commercialization
REINVENTING PERSONAL URBAN MOBILITY: EN-V (ELECTRIC, NETWORKED VEHICLE)
http://www.youtube.com/user/generalmotorsenv
“BOSS” WINS DARPA URBAN CHALLENGE (Nov 2007)!A self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe wins the 6 hour, 60 mile race
Rear Vision System– Object detection– Far IR Capability
Short-Range
Sensors Long-RangeScanningSensor
Forward Vision System– Lane tracking– Object detection– Far IR Capability
Short-Range
SensorsLong-Range
Sensors
EnhancedDigital Map
System
PETROLEUM DISPLACEMENT “AND” SCENARIO
Time
Start soon with early options; finish with strongest long-term portfolio
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um Fuel Economy Improvements and Mix Shift
Alternate Fuels: Liquid Biofuels and Compressed Natural Gas
Petroleum Electricity
Hydrogen
Illustrative Schematic
ImproveVehicle
Fuel Economyand
Emissions
DisplacePetroleum
EnergyDiversity
Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Electric
Vehicles
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EREV)Hybrid-ElectricVehicles (including
Plug-in HEV)IC Engine
and TransmissionImprovements
Petroleum (Conventional and Alternative Sources)
Alternative Fuels (Ethanol, Biodiesel, CNG, LPG)
Electricity (Conv. and Alternative Sources)
Hydrogen
Time
GM Advanced Propulsion Technology StrategyNo silver bullets (pending a surprising technology “miracle”)
BATTERYElectric Drive
(typically 25-50 mile EV range)
Driving on Gasoline
EXTENDED RANGEDesigned for over 300 milesmiles40Designed for
New EPA label: EV @ 93mpg (35 miles) + Gas @ 37mpg comb (344 miles) = Overall 60mpg (379 miles)
Chevrolet VoltAn Electric Vehicle (with an extended range capability)
Chevrolet Volt EREVConsumer Results
~80% of Volt customers are participating in OnStar’s vehicle data collection program . . .
• Median Volt driver is achieving 66% electric miles
• Median Volt driver is getting almost 1,000 miles per tank of gasoline (9 gallon tank)
Cars are parked at Home. Or at Work.
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Fleet Distribution during weekHome Residence Work School & Church Commercial Other Driving
Source of Data - 2001 National Household Travel Survey ; GM Data Analysis (Tate/Savagian) - SAE paper 2009-01-1311