National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Research Phillip Gorney

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Research Phillip Gorney

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Research Phillip Gorney

Objective • Additional safety research is being conducted in areas which have been identified

Objective • Additional safety research is being conducted in areas which have been identified as needed for greater completeness, validation, procedure development, and technology development. Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Electrical System Safety Argonne National Laboratory • 3 rd party validation of D/C charging

Electrical System Safety Argonne National Laboratory • 3 rd party validation of D/C charging safety procedure – Paper study of CHAde. MO equivalent • Development of A/C charging safety procedure – SAE J 1772 “Yazaki” Charging Connector (including validation) • • Detailed test procedure on “Broad Impedance Short Circuit” Validation and test procedure broadening on the “In-use” BMS functionality procedures Research reports are due to NHTSA: August, 2016 Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Thermal Propagation Initiation Sandia National Laboratory & Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock MD Chemically

Thermal Propagation Initiation Sandia National Laboratory & Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock MD Chemically based thermal ignition mechanism for propagation initiation (3 Cu. O + 2 Al 3 Cu + Al 2 O 3) • • Cell thermal decomposition heat, rate, and time equivalent Worst Credible Event (WCE) equivalent Research reports are due to NHTSA: April, 2016 Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Safety and “State of Stability” Diagnostics Sandia National Laboratory & Idaho National Laboratory Safety

Safety and “State of Stability” Diagnostics Sandia National Laboratory & Idaho National Laboratory Safety and Stability Diagnostics Technology – Development of integrated impedance measurement technology to identify functional safety performance characteristics and latency issues in a both operational and post-crash battery systems at pack or module levels • Validated with Complex Impedance Spectroscopy Ongoing Research 2017+ Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Salt Water Immersion TBD (Contractor/Partner) Full Vehicle/ Partial System Immersion • Test Procedure and

Salt Water Immersion TBD (Contractor/Partner) Full Vehicle/ Partial System Immersion • Test Procedure and Boundary Level development ü Partial pack immersion ü Salinity definition Research beginning CY 2017 - 2018 Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Crash Simulation Modeling Oak Ridge National Laboratory Simulation Model Development for pack level Crush

Crash Simulation Modeling Oak Ridge National Laboratory Simulation Model Development for pack level Crush Ongoing Research Project 2017+ Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Questions Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.

Questions Safer cars. Safer Drivers. Safer roads.