As technology continues to improve so too does our understanding of the impact our actions have on the environment. Our rapid consumption of recourses has forced many in the technology industry to look for cleaner sources of energy and transportation. One technology to answer the clean energy crisis is the hybrid-car. By using an electric motor in combination with an Internal combustion engine, the system has considerably reduced the impact caused by vehicle emissions. However the hybrid car is the just a stepping-stone on the way to a cleaner future for the environment, technology is always changing and with it new innovative ideas are needed. EcoCAR 3 is a competition that allows young minds to implement their innovative ideas and gain real-world …show more content…
Department of Energy (DOE). The Competition challenges 16 schools across North America to convert an American classic, the Chevrolet Camaro, into a hybrid-electric car in just 4-years. The teams are required to redesign a 2016 Camaro that has all the muscle expected of the American icon while reducing the environmental impact of emissions by implementing innovative ideas. These challenges are to be completed while maintaining the safety, shape and consumer needs of the car when the project reaches completion [1]. In the fourth year of the EcoCAR 3 competition the major tasks the Keysight team will be responsible for; replacing the 35kW Parker motor/inverter with a similar Remy motor/inverter (see figure 1), testing the full range of the system once the new motor/inverter is installed, track alignment and temperature of motors in the mount system, create cleaner coding to test efficiency of motors and upgrade water pumps, if time allows …show more content…
Instead of testing the electric motor and accompanying system in the EcoCAR 3 the Keysight team is able to simulate the efficiency of the electric motor in a safer environment. This model is referred to as Harware-in-the-Loop (HIL), it is a command based program that simulates the hardware needed to drive the car (i.e. brakes) and applies them to the dynamometer [4]. A general setup of the HIL system is shown in figure 2. Once the simulations are applied data will be collected from the motors and