The Flemish Knowledge Platform for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology

摘要

Some leading Flemish automotive suppliers - LMS International, MBBE (Matsushita Battery Belgium) and EIA Electronics - foresee important business opportunities when hybrid vehicles will be introduced on a larger scale. They joined forces with Vito, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, to establish a knowledge platform for further dedicated research and development activities. In a first phase, general information on hybrid technology will be collected and structured into the common platform that can be made available to all members of the Flemish automotive industry. During the second phase all industrial partners will deal with hybrid vehicle topics belonging to their core technology: LMS International with noise and vibration, MBBE with battery technology and EIA Electronics with CAN communication. Most data will be collected through testing and evaluation studies. Vito will assist the industrial partners in this phase. Finally, the knowledge platform will be cast into a format for practical use and dissemination. The project is co-financed by Flanders' DRIVE, an organization supporting R&D in the automotive industry, which also coordinates the project. Flanders' DRIVE is supported by the Flemish government.