Carbon-Neutral Powertrains for Future Mobility and its Impact on Thermal Management

In this article we summarize the main classification of hybrid powertrains for automotive sector and quantify the scope and benefit these powertrains using gasoline and diesel as mono fuel or dual fuel with CNG, Flex fuel (Ethanol blended). Such power trains have high potential to achieve lower carbon emissions for the near future usage and implementation, until the carbon-neutral powertrain reaches its majority in the market. The major focus is on the H2 combustion engine powertrain as it is one of the potential solutions to achieve carbon-neutral powertrain solution using the optimized IC engine. We highlight the benefits and challenges involved to commercialize H2 combustion engine powertrain against the e-fuel based carbon-neutral powertrain for the new-energy vehicles such as Battery powered electric vehicles (BEVs) and Fuel Cell powered electric vehicle (FCVs). Finally we discuss about the link between the capacity and size of the thermal cooling system of the automotive vehicle and the type of the powertrain chosen for the future mobility solutions.