The Energy Management Problem in HEVs

Abstract

Hybrid electric vehicles have a long history, dating as far back as the development of the Lohner-Porsche Mixte in 1899. A hybrid vehicle, by definition, is one with multiple propulsion power sources, one example being the combination of an internal combustion engine plus an electric drive. The tools of dynamic programming and optimal control lend themselves quite elegantly to the hybrid vehicle energy management problem. This has motivated a very substantial body of peer-reviewed conference and journal papers on the application of optimal control theory to hybrid vehicle energy management. This textbook addresses a critical gap in that it introduces students, scholars, and practitioners to the main ideas in the literature and the interconnections between these ideas.