Enhanced battery / ultracapacitor hybrid energy storage system and split powertrain for next generation performance vehicles

Recent advancements in the automotive industry together with environmental concerns, global warming and energy independence issues have lead researchers and automotive manufacturers to go through comprehensive restructuring to electrify vehicles. Currently, the majority of the electrified vehicles in the market, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), primarily utilize battery packs for electric propulsion. In this competitive automotive market, Genovation's approach is to design a high performance electric vehicle (G2), shown in Fig. 1, with a light weight, crash test optimized frame that can be restyled into a convertible or a four door sedan with minimum effort.