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Some hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) combine a conventional internal combustion engine (using gasoline, diesel, natural gas, ethanol, or other fuel) with the battery and electric propulsion motor of an electric vehicle. Other hybrids combine a fuel cell with batteries to power electric propulsion motors.

Vehicle Testing Reports

Several types of testing have been done on HEVs to date HEVAmerica Baseline Performance Testing, Accelerated Reliability and Fleet Testing, and Pomona Loop Open Road Test Results.

2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE Baseline Performance (HEV America) Testing PDF 979kB Fleet Testing Fuel Economy ( PDF 15kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 5170: Maintenance History (PDF 36kB) VIN 7400: Maintenance History (PDF 36kB)

2007 NISSAN ALTIMA Baseline Performance (HEV America) Testing PDF 93kB Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 15kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN: 7982: Maintenance History (PDF 39kB) VIN: 2351: Maintenance History (PDF 40kB)

2007 SATURN VUE Baseline Performance (HEV America) Testing PDF 131kB Fleet Testing Fuel Economy ( PDF 16kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN: 8122: Maintenance History (PDF 41kB) VIN: 3344: Maintenance History (PDF 40kB)

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing ( PDF 408kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy ( PDF 17kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 7129: Maintenance History (PDF 48kB) VIN 6330: Maintenance History (PDF 49kB)

2006 HONDA CIVIC Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 396kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy ( PDF 17kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 8725: Maintenance History (PDF 48kB) VIN 9329: Maintenance History (PDF 49kB)

2006 LEXUS RX400H SUV Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 478kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 18kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN: 4807: Fact Sheet ( PDF 111kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 49kB) VIN: 2575: Fact Sheet ( PDF 111kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 49kB)

2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 759kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 18kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN: 5681: Fact Sheet ( PDF 110kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 49kB) VIN: 6395: Fact Sheet ( PDF 116kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 53kB)

2005 FORD ESCAPE Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 384kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 18kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 5881: Fact Sheet ( PDF 175kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 49kB) VIN 8237: Fact Sheet ( PDF 122kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 61kB)

2005 HONDA ACCORD Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 380kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 18kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN: 0657: Fact Sheet ( PDF 113kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 60kB) VIN: 1096: Fact Sheet ( PDF 118kB) and Maintenance History ( PDF 67kB)

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 381kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 19kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN: 9284: Fact Sheet (PDF 118kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 49kB) VIN: 9664: Fact Sheet (PDF 115kB) And Maintenance History (PDF 50kB)

2004 TOYOTA PRIUS Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 406kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 26kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 1052: Fact Sheet (PDF 109kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 87kB) VIN 2721: Fact Sheet (PDF 120kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 87kB) Yellowstone Fleet Mileage Report (PDF 30kB)

2003 HONDA CIVIC Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 736kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy ( PDF 30kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 0815: Fact Sheet (PDF 687kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 24kB) VIN 1603: Fact Sheet (PDF 119kB) and Maintenance Sheet (PDF 163kB) VIN 1622: Fact Sheet (PDF 702kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 26kB) VIN 3864: Fact Sheet ( PDF 118kB) and Maintenance Sheet ( PDF 166kB)

2001 - 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 627kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 31kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 1883: Fact Sheet (PDF 118kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 461kB) VIN 2105: Fact Sheet (PDF 686kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 26kB) VIN 4279: Fact Sheet (PDF 700kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 23kB) VIN 5828: Fact Sheet (PDF 73kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 86kB) VIN-8836: Fact Sheet (PDF 700kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 26kB) VIN 8976: Fact Sheet (PDF 114kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 385kB) Performance Characterization Report (PDF 820kB) Pomona Loop Open Road Test Results (PDF 820kB)

2000 - 2001 HONDA INSIGHT Baseline Performance (HEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 668kB) Fleet Testing Fuel Economy (PDF 30kB) Fleet Testing & Maintenance Fact Sheets for the following vehicles: VIN 2163: Fact Sheet (PDF 105kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 372kB) VIN 2465: Fact Sheet (PDF 70kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 26kB) VIN 2487: Fact Sheet (PDF 68kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 28kB) VIN 2688: Fact Sheet (PDF 107kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 95kB) VIN 2720: Fact Sheet (PDF 67kB) and Maintenance History (PDF 26kB) VIN 3672: Fact Sheet (PDF 88kB) and Maintenace History (PDF 89kB) Pomona Loop Open Road Test Results (PDF 880kB)

End-of-Life Reports

Honda Insights, Honda Generation I Civics, and Toyota Generation I Priuses End-of-Life Testing Report (PDF 390kB)

Other Information or reports

• DOE Merit Review - 2008 Non-PHEV Vehicle Evaluations and Data Collection (PDF 1.5MB)
• HEV and PHEV Testing - EVS-23 Presentation December 2007 (PDF 2.0MB) at EVS conference in Anaheim, California
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles Testing - Dec 2005 - SLIDES (PDF 584kB) at EDTA conference in Vancouver, Canada
• On Road Fuel Economy Performance of Hybrid Electric Vehicles from the SAE Government/Industry Meeting May 2005 - SLIDES (PDF 1.3MB)
• About Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PDF 58kB) contains information about how the hybrid electric works.
• HEV and Idle Reduction Presentation - Energy Smart America 2004
  • Slides 1 - 10 (PDF 4.7MB)
  • Slides 11 - 20 (PDF 4.3MB)
  • Slides 21 - 28 (PDF 4.3MB)
• Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery and Fuel Economy Testing Paper (PDF 113kB) presented at the 11th Asian Battery Conference Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 6th-10th September 2005
• 42nd Power Sources Conference - June 2006 -
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle Fleet and Lithium Polymer NEV Testing - Paper (PDF 113kB)
• SAE World Congress April - 2006 -
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle Fleet and Baseline Performance Testing - Presentation (PDF 848kB)

Test Specifications and Procedures

HEVAmerica: Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Technical Specifications (PDF 125kB)

Fleet Test and Evaluation Procedure (PDF 831kB)

Hybrid Electric Vehicle EVAmerica Procedures:

• HEV Baseline Test Sequence (PDF 39kB)
• HEV End Of Life Test Sequence (PDF 27kB)
• ETA-HTP01 Implementation of SAE Standard J1263 - Road Load Measurement and Dynamometer Simulation Using Coast Down Techniques (PDF 114kB)
• ETA-HTP02 Implementation of SAE Standard J1666 May 93 - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Acceleration, Gradeability, and Deceleration Test Procedure (PDF 225kB)
• ETA-HTP03 Implementation of SAE, J1634 May 93 - Electric Vehicle Energy Consumption and Range Test Procedure (PDF 96kB)
• ETA-HTP04 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Constant Speed Range Tests (PDF 70kB)
• ETA-HTP05 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Rough Road Course Test (PDF 63kB)
• ETA-HTP06 Braking Test (PDF 83kB)
• ETA-HTP07 Road Course Handling Test (PDF 86kB)
• ETA-HTP08 Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) Charging (PDF 48kB)
• ETA-HTP09 Measurement and Evaluation of Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Electromagnetic Radiation (EMI) Generated by Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PDF 160kB)
• ETA-HTP10 Measurement and Evaluation of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Charger Performance (PDF 55kB)
• ETA-HTP11 Vehicle Verification (PDF 66kB)
• ETA-HTP12 Evaluation of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Management System(s) [EMS] (PDF 50kB)
• ETA-HAC01 Control, Close-out and Storage of Documentation (PDF 44kB)
• ETA-HAC02 Control of Test Conduct (PDF 48kB)
• ETA-HAC03 Preparation of Issuance of Test Reports (PDF 42kB)
• ETA-HAC04 Review of Test Results (PDF 49kB)
• ETA-HAC05 Training and Certification Requirements for Personnel Utilizing ETA Procedures (PDF 44kB)
• ETA-HAC06 Receipt Inspection (PDF 73kB)
• ETA-HAC07 Control of Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE) (PDF 54kB)
• ETA-HQA01 Audit of the Quality Assurance Program for the Control and use of Measuring and Test Equipment (PDF 63kB)
• ETA-HQP01 Quality Program (PDF 53kB)

Video clips

These short video clips show an HEV driving through several test tracks. The clips are soundless.

• Toyota Prius rough road test drive (MPEG 641kB)
• Toyota Prius rough road test drive (MPEG 226kB)
• Toyota Prius track test drive (MPEG 359kB)

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