Top 7 Use Cases for Electric Vehicle Simulation
This article shows how a flexible, configurable simulation model lets you explore design tradeoffs rapidly, without risk, and at every stage of development. Example model available for download.
Top 7 Use Cases for Electric Vehicle Simulation
2021-07-13 22:05
When designing an electric vehicle, engineers need to balance performance and energy efficiency by selecting the right energy storage technology and minimizing powertrain losses. These and other critical tasks require simulation of the physical system throughout development, from selecting a powertrain architecture to testing the embedded software.
This article shows how MATLAB®, Simulink®, and Simscape™ support the seven most common use cases for electric vehicle simulation:
- Explore electric powertrain architectures
- Tune regenerative braking algorithms
- Modify a suspension design
- Optimize vehicle performance
- Develop active chassis controls
- Validate ADAS algorithms
- Test using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
The example model used in this article is available for download.