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Santini, D.J. (author), Passier, G.L.M. (author), Badin, F. (author), Brouwer, A. (author), Conte, F.V. (author), Smets, S. (author), Alexander, M. (author), Bleijs, C. (author), Brincourt, T. (author), Vyas, A. (author), Rousseau, A. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)The relative fuel consumption reduction strengths of multiple passenger car powertrains are investigated. These include [A] conventional compression ignition (CI) direct injection (DI) turbocharged (TC) diesel (D) [CI-DI-TC-D]; [B] Atkinson cycle charge sustaining (CS) "split-hybrid" electric vehicles (HEV) fueled by gasoline/petrol (G) [HEVG];...article 2008
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van den Tillaart, E. (author), Rondel, M. (author), Mourad, S. (author), TNO Wegtransportmiddelen (author)TNO Automotive has developed a series hybrid powertrain and successfully integrated it in a Volkswagen New Beetle. This project, called Hybrid CarLab, has the following goals: Benchmark of the fuel consumption, emissions and driveability of a series hybrid vehicle compared to a conventional vehicle over a range of different driving cycles;...conference paper 2003
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Mourad, S. (author), van den Eijnden, E. (author), Foster, D.L. (author), van Helden, M. (author), Rondel, M. (author), Schmal, P. (author), TNO Wegtransportmiddelen (author)In order to investigate the possibilities of hybrid driveline architecture and to provide a platform for further technical developments, TNO has designed and prototyped a test platform for a series hybrid powertrain, including a compact, highly advanced generator set. This powertrain is subjected to extensive hardware-in-the-loop testing....conference paper 2001