Electric Drive Vehicle Systems: Suggested Changes to Large Truck and Motorcoach Regulations and Inspection Procedures

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• Creators:
  Lowell, Dana
• Corporate Creators:
  M.J. Bradley & Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Electric drives
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Inspection
  • Electric vehicles
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Fuel cell vehicles
  • Plug-in hybrid vehicles
  • Recommendations
  • Literature reviews
  • High voltage
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FMCSA-RRT-14-007
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1502955
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
• Abstract:
  This report provides recommendations for changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), ; North American Standard (NAS) inspection procedures, and Out-of-Service (OOS) criteria that are needed to ; accommodate and facilitate the use of commercial vehicles with high-voltage electric drive systems. Such vehicles ; include battery-electric vehicles, vehicles with hybrid-electric drive systems (including plug-in hybrids), and ; vehicles with hydrogen fuel cell engines. In addition to providing specific recommendations for changes, this report ; summarizes the process used to arrive at the recommendations, which included a literature review and gap analysis, ; industry site visits and consultations, and a formal peer review process. ; Because most of the commercial vehicles now in service have only low-voltage electrical systems (12/24 volts direct ; current VDC), the current FMCSRs, NAS inspection procedures, and OOS criteria do not address the unique ; safety aspects of high-voltage systems (less than 60 VDC or greater than 30 volts alternating current VAC) when ; present on a vehicle. The purpose of this project was to identify necessary changes to the current FMCSRs and ; inspection procedures, if any, to address the unique safety requirements associated with high-voltage vehicle ; systems, and to improve the overall safety of commercial vehicle operations by ensuring that commercial vehicles ; with high-voltage drive systems meet appropriate safety criteria while operating on public roads.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/211/dot_211_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 614.88 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:31bbaea71787e04f2aa7e2278d2e364de49881149dd59a570aae27615a69ac35