Lightweighting in the automotive industry as a measure for energy efficiency: Review of the main materials and methods

A Candela, G Sandrini, M Gadola, D Chindamo… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The increasing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutants like particulate matter
and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have led to environmental concerns. Hybrid and electric …

[HTML][HTML] Regenerative braking logic that maximizes energy recovery ensuring the vehicle stability

G Sandrini, D Chindamo, M Gadola - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a regenerative braking logic that aims to maximize the recovery of
energy during braking without compromising the stability of the vehicle. This model of …

[PDF][PDF] The environmental performance of traction batteries for electric vehicles from a life cycle perspective

G Sandrini, C Beatrice, G Tomasoni… - Environmental and …, 2021 - sciendo.com
The aim of this review article is the analysis of the results obtained from the scientific
literature concerning all the phases that make up the life cycle of traction batteries for electric …

Exploring the impact of vehicle lightweighting in terms of energy consumption: analysis and simulation

G Sandrini, M Gadola, D Chindamo, A Candela… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the topic of reducing vehicles' energy consumption is very important. In
particular, for electric vehicles, the reduction of energy consumption is necessary to remedy …

What is the most representative standard driving cycle to estimate diesel emissions of a light commercial vehicle?

D Chindamo, M Gadola - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper presents a comparison between the emission levels produced along the most
used standard driving cycles (NEDC, WLTC, CADC) by a Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV). A …

Model of a hybrid electric vehicle equipped with solid oxide fuel cells powered by biomethane

G Sandrini, M Gadola, D Chindamo, L Zecchi - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
To promote the development of new technologies that allow an intensive use of renewable
green energies and to overcome the problem of the lack of range of full electric vehicles, an …

Efficient regenerative braking strategy aimed at preserving vehicle stability by preventing wheel locking

G Sandrini, M Gadola, D Chindamo, P Magri - Transportation research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a regenerative braking logic to be adopted on full electric vehicles with
front, rear-drive or all-wheel drive with one motor for each axle, which aims at maximizing …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of a hybrid fuel cell powertrain with power split logic for onboard energy management using a longitudinal dynamics simulation tool

L Zecchi, G Sandrini, M Gadola, D Chindamo - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work aims to develop a mathematical model for the simulation of a fuel cell (FC) hybrid
powertrain. The work starts from modeling a single cell to obtain information on the entire FC …

Lightweighting in light commercial vehicles: cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of a safety-relevant component

S Cecchel, D Chindamo, M Collotta… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Currently, the reduction of weight in automotive is a very important topic in order to
lower the air pollution. In this context, the purpose of the present paper was to analyze a real …

Impact of reduced mass of light commercial vehicles on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, air quality, and socio-economic costs

S Cecchel, D Chindamo, E Turrini, C Carnevale… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study presents a modelling system to evaluate the impact of weight reduction in light
commercial vehicles with diesel engines on air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. The …