A MATLAB-based tool for EV-design

Abstract

This paper presents a MATLAB-based software tool for modeling and simulation of electric vehicles. It is a software package developed using MATLAB 7.8 2009. Each EV element is specified by a set of dynamic equations. The constants associated with each of these sets are the input data to the simulation system. The dynamic equations used are context-sensitively displayed. It is a feed-backward simulator that estimates the vehicle element by element requirements and performance hierarchically starting from the tire to the battery-package. One of the primary advantages of using MATLAB is its advanced charting features. The simulator provides dual-outputs in the form of tables and in the form of charts. Lamar Electric Vehicle I, built in 2007, is used as a hardware-platform to relate and verify the simulation results.