Research on Novel Concept of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Removable Engine-Generator

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have been widely used due to their significant impacts in urban driving areas. However, the charge of additional weight of the engine/generator is a huge burden. This paper studies a modern concept to reduce unnecessary weight using the removable engine- generator set that can be can assembled and disassembled by hands. It can be used according to the requirements of the driver such that additional constructions of charging stations are no longer needed. Moreover, charging with driving is feasible unlike Electric Vehicles (EVs). A novel hybrid electric vehicle is tested by city driving cycles and a remarkable improvement in the fuel efficiency in comparison to the conventional hybrid electric vehicle, especially plug-in hybrid vehicle could be demonstrated.