Effects of Ambient Temperature on 2016 Chevrolet Volt Performance and Battery Temperature

摘要

Environment and Climate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada are collaborating to test a 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle on-road in the winter and summer months in Ottawa, Canada. Testing was conducted solely in EV-mode with SAE J1711 cabin heating settings applied while power measurements of the electric drive train and select CAN signals were recorded. Preliminary results indicate that the similar to a recent 2012 Volt study presented at EVS28 [1], the electric performance of the 2016 Volt powertrain degrades as ambient temperatures decrease, but are improved significantly over its 1st generation predecessor.