Abstract
The growth of the global market for hybrid light vehicles has been dramatic, with approximately 25 models launched between 1997 and 2007 and a compounding annual sales growth rate of almost 70% during the last five years.
This report examines existing and emerging ICE-electric hybrid technologies and the market and legislative influences that are driving developments in the sector. It also contains market forecasts for the period to 2015, in addition to profiles of the key suppliers in the sector.
Chapters are as follows:
- Introduction
- History
- Market drivers
- Market barriers
- Types of electric hybrid drive system
- Enabling technology
- Markets and market forecasts
- Hybrid models
- Supplier systems and collaborations
- Battery development consortia
- Supplier profiles
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- History
- Market drivers
- Fuel efficiency
- Incentives
- Green image
- Market barriers
- Purchase price premium
- Real fuel economy
- Premium payback
- Competition from diesels
- Types of Electric Hybrid Drive System
- Series
- Parallel
- Series/Parallel
- Input-split
- Combined-split
- Full hybrid
- Assist hybrid
- Mild hybrid
- Diesel hybrids
- Enabling technology
- Batteries
- Plug-in hybrids
- Electric motors
- Regenerative braking
- Electrically-driven ancillaries
- Integrated starter alternator damper
- Belt-driven alternator starter
- Stop-start
- Electronic components
- Intelligent control
- Markets and market forecasts
- The global light vehicle market
- The hybrid market to date
- Hybrid market forecasts
- Hybrid components forecasts
- Hybrid models
- Supplier systems and collaborations
- Bosch and Getrag
- Continental and ZF
- FEV and Raser
- Integral Powertrain and NexxtDrive
- Quantum and UQM
- Ricardo and Valeo
- SatCon and Electrovaya
- Battery development consortia
- Advanced Battery Consortium
- Automotive Energy Supply
- Cobasys
- Continental and Compact Power
- Enerize and FiFe Batteries
- Johnson Controls and Saft
- Maxwell and Lishen
- Ricardo and QinetiQ
- A German alliance
- Supplier profiles
- Aisin Seiki
- Bosch
- Continental
- Delphi
- Panasonic EV
- Siemens VDO
- UQM Technologies
- Valeo
- Visteon
