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The Erwin Hymer Group North America, Inc. (EHG), a market leading Canadian manufacturer of recreationalx000D
vehicles, is seeking to engage with the research group of Dr. Jin Jiang at Western University to investigatex000D
potential technological solutions for interconnecting the auxiliary power systems on board their vehicles. Thesex000D
vehicles incorporate advanced power systems, including photovoltaic arrays and lithium batteries, however thex000D
current offerings are only capable of connecting to the grid for charging purposes. Currently highlyx000D
confidential, EHG would like to explore the possibility of including features such as vehicle-to-vehiclex000D
interconnections, so that multiple vehicles can share power with each other, and vehicle-to-grid features tox000D
allow excess power to be exported to the grid. The intent of the research project is to systematically identify thex000D
potential interconnection use cases, constraints, and topologies, and then to develop high level designs that canx000D
serve as a starting point for future product development activities. Dr. Jiang's research group has publishedx000D
extensively on the key topics of interest, including hybrid power management, photovoltaics, and microgridx000D
energy management, with both theoretical and experimental contributions, and can therefore provide thex000D
expertise that the company is seeking. EHG recognizes that technological innovation is a key element inx000D
maintaining their market leadership position, and has demonstrated the engineering and production capacity tox000D
take sophisticated concepts to market. The company is supporting the project with engineering staff time forx000D
both deep-dive sessions and semi-monthly updates, and with access to vehicles and photovoltaic/batteryx000D
subsystems. Follow-on research projects are anticipated, either to perform a more in-depth investigation ofx000D
promising results from this project, or to pursue additional research topics that are of interest to the company.x000D
This collaboration will allow EHG to leverage the expertise at Western University to establish a solidx000D
foundation for future product innovations in this area, which will ultimately contribute to increasedx000D
employment of HQP and increased export revenue flowing into the Canadian economy.