INFLUENCE OF USING A HYBRID ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN COMBINED WITH AN ICE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT IN AUTOMOTIVE ARCHITECTURE.

Using internal combustion engines in driving auto vehicles depends on natural resources such petrol and gas, which have a significant environmental impact. Facing EURO5 and EURO6 demands it is need to improve fuel consumption and decrease harmful emissions. The most automotive manufacturers had developed new propulsions systems, as hybrid powertrains, to ensure the new regulations demands to reduce climate change by improving fuel economy. Using both an internal combustion engine and electric motor many research can be done to develop and optimize a hybrid electric vehicle. This paper aims to create different architectures for hybrid electric vehicles and to simulate their behavior during NEDC, using AMESim software, trying to find out the advantages and the disadvantages of a HEV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]