Hybrid Light Vehicles, Technologies and Trends to 2015

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	Automotive World
Product Type	Report
Pages	51
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	ATW00050

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Summary

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
About the author

Michael Murphy, BSc, MPhil (Hons I), is an automotive industry researcher, writer and enthusiast. A former Automotive World news editor, Michael has contributed to several automotive publications in his native New Zealand. He has been writing well-received automotive sector reports since 2004 and is now one of Automotive World's most valued authors.

Content

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