Community/Industry Impact and Value

• Use hybrid electric powertrain to improve overall vehicle energy efficiency

• Reduce transportation petroleum usage, and harmful emissions

Community/Industry Engagement

• Department of Energy; Argonne National Laboratory

• GM, Freescale, Mathworks, Bosch, GKN, ETAS, dSPACE, IAV, and many more

Team Composition

• WSU Hybrid Warriors team, with around 35 members from ECE, EVE, IE, ME,

and Communications, both undergraduate and graduate

Learning Experiences

• Industry best-practice Vehicle Development Process (VDP)

• Automotive controls development and testing – MIL/SIL/HIL/VIL

• Electrical, mechanical, hybrid vehicle design, re-engineering and integration

• Multi-disciplinary team works – engineering, management and communications

• Truly real-world and real hands-on

Further Research and Development

• Advanced energy storage technologies for fuel cell, ultracapacitor and battery

• Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS)

• Wireless charging, waste heat recovery, composites for weight reduction

Design to Re-engineer a Hybrid Electric

Chevrolet Camaro for EcoCAR 3 CompetitionThe Technology and Innovation

• Using sophisticated computer modeling and simulation tools to create 4 viable

hybrid electric powertrain designs to re-engineer a stock Chevrolet Camaro

We are currently under EcoCAR 3 embargo and cannot share design details.