SAE Update - August 2021 - 18

FOCUS:
ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES
SAE Member at U.S. DOE lab does his
part to help engineer the future of EVs
Mike Duoba recharging the original Tesla Roadster at Argonne after driving
on the dynamometer. This was the first time the new-generation electric
vehicle test procedures were validated.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
This article was written for Update by Michael Duoba,
who helped found and is now the senior engineer at
Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced
Mobility Technology Laboratory (AMTL).
The AMTL uses novel instrumentation and
state-of-the-art dynamometer test
equipment to test and analyze advanced
propulsion systems and other emerging
automotive technologies His responsibilities
are the engineering of test-procedurerelated
projects including two SAE standards
documents, as well as leading a host of other
of other projects related to energy savings of
automated and connected vehicles. Among other
recognitions, the 23-year SAE member was a winner of
SAE's 2012 Forest R. McFarland Award. His SAE
activities include chairing two task forces (SAE J1711
and SAE J2908), organizing technical programs and
events, and serving as associate editor of the SAE
International Journal of Electrified Vehicles.
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August 2021
My own career arc
with electric vehicles
began with Argonne National
Laboratory. Years before Li-ion
batteries were first
commercialized (1989), I
interned in Argonne's battery
R&D group. They had been
doing research into advanced
battery chemistries since the
1970s knowing full well that to
achieve a goal of widespread
adoption of electrified vehicles,
" it's the battery, stupid "
(adapting an old political
slogan).
Argonne's research activities
in electrified vehicles had grown
in many diversified ways
throughout the decades. New
lab spaces were developed
specifically for battery testing,
cell material manufacturing
processes, vehicle testing, and
electric vehicle charging
infrastructure. What wasn't
tested was modeled with
computer simulation tools
developed for powertrains,
vehicles, battery chemistries,
and whole battery
manufacturing plants.
UPDATE

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