Development and Assessment of an Over-Expanded Engine to be Used as an Efficiency-Oriented Range Extender for Electric Vehicles

A range extender (RE) is a device used in electric vehicles (EVs) to generate electricity on-board, enabling them to significantly reduce the number of required batteries and/or extend the vehicle driving range to allow occasional long trips. In the present work, an efficiency-oriented RE based on a...

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Main Authors: F. P. Brito, Jorge Martins, Francisco Lopes, Carlos Castro, Luís Martins, A. L. N. Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/2/430