COSIVU - Compact, smart and reliable drive unit for fully electric vehicles Show others and affiliations
2016 (English) In: 2016 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016, article id 7428413Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
COSIVU is a three year collaborative research project that ended in September 2015 and which has been funded within the European Green Car Initiative (now the European Green Vehicle Initiative). COSIVU addresses one of the most critical technical parts in fully electrical vehicles (FEV) besides the energy storage system: the mechatronic drive-train unit. The COSIVU project has delivered a new system architecture for multiple wheel drive-trains by a smart, compact and durable single-wheel drive unit with integrated electric motor, full silicon carbide (SiC) power electronics (switches and diodes), a novel control and health monitoring module with wireless communication, and an advanced ultra-compact cooling solution. DfR utilizing FEM simulations ensures first time right solutions. This paper presents the main results including the architecture of the drive train solution as well as the modular design of the inverter based on Inverter Building Blocks, one per phase. Performance tests are presented here for the first time for both the heavy duty commercial vehicle solution performed in a test rig by Volvo, and the tests of the COSIVU solution adapted to a passenger car done by Elaphe.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016. article id 7428413
Keywords [en]
Automobiles, Commercial vehicles, Electric automobiles, Electric inverters, Electric power system control, Electric switches, Electronic cooling, Microelectronics, Passenger cars, Power electronics, Silicon carbide, Vehicles, Wheels, Wireless telecommunication systems, Collaborative research projects, Heavy-duty commercial vehicles, Integrated electric motors, Inverter, SiC BJT, Sound sensors, Thermal impedance, Wireless communications, Electric machine control
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-30179 DOI: 10.1109/PanPacific.2016.7428413 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84964931489 ISBN: 9780988887398 (print) OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-30179 DiVA, id: diva2:1129351
Conference Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium 2016 (Pan Pacific 2016), January 25-28, 2016, Big Island, US
2017-08-022017-08-022023-05-25 Bibliographically approved