Review of Research on Energy Management Strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

doi:10.3901/JME.2025.04.195

Abstract

Abstract: Energy conservation and emission reduction is the eternal theme of the development of the automobile industry. Plug in hybrid electric vehicles(PHEV) provide solutions for energy conservation and emission reduction, the core technology to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction of Plug in hybrid electric vehicles is the vehicle energy management technology.The research status and application of several energy management strategies for plug-in hybrid vehicles are summarized; The advantages and disadvantages of energy management strategies based on deterministic rules, optimization algorithms, and artificial intelligence are analyzed; The technical difficulties and challenges in the development of energy management control strategy for PHEV in the future are discussed, and the application of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence algorithm, cloud computing and intelligent networking in PHEV energy management is analyzed in detail,with emphasis on the research direction of PHEV energy management based on artificial intelligence technology; The development trend of PHEV energy management strategy in the future is prospected, which can provide a certain reference for the selection of research directions and deeper research on PHEV energy conservation and consumption reduction technology.

Key words: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, energy management strategy, optimization algorithm, artificial intelligent

CLC Number:

TH156

YOU Guogui, LU Jianwei, ZHANG Guojun, SU Junshou, CAI Zemin. Review of Research on Energy Management Strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2025, 61(4): 195-218.

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