Simulation study on synthetical performance of electric vehicles

Abstract

This paper presents the software development on the performance simulation of electric vehicles. Software verification is carried out via the comparison of simulation results with on-road test. Applications of the software in prototype design are also presented in terms of theoretical inference, modeling, software development and simulation of synthetical performance for EVs such as dynamic performance, economy performance as well as analysis of parameters' influences on EV performance. The commonly used European drive cycle is adopted for simulation in the paper. Simulation with the software proves an efficient and money-saving means for prototyping of EV or HEV systems with control units.