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Designing hybrid electric drives for fuel efficient vehicles |
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QinetiQ provides design, analysis, development, build and test of hybrid-electric drive systems for vehicles. We specialise in high performance, lightweight and efficient solutions which improve vehicle performance, improve reliability, reduce weight, improve fuel consumption and reduce the cost of ownership for our customers. |
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E-X-Drive™ is QinetiQ’s electric drive transmission for tracked vehicles. It is lightweight, compact and efficient compared to conventional transmission systems.
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The benefits of the hybrid electric drive system include:
- Lower fuel consumption
- Improved mobility
- Reduced powertrain mass
- Greater design flexibility
- Improved stealth
The demonstrator includes a QinetiQ drive-by-wire control system, electric hub drives, Zebra batteries and a pair of diesel generators.
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The 6x6 Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) demonstrator vehicle has been built and tested by QinetiQ to evaluate the benefits of HED technology. |
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QinetiQ offers design, analysis, simulation and practical testing of hybrid-electric solutions. Simulation models include HYSIM® for fuel efficiency, TrackSIM to evaluate E-X-Drive™ performance plus fault tolerance and WheelSIM for analysis of individual wheel control against a vehicle dynamics model. |
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The benefits of our E-X-Drive™ electric drive transmission include:
- Reduced mass & volume
- Improved efficiency
- Fault tolerance
- Improved acceleration
- Scalable to a wide range of tracked vehicles
- Improved safety
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