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An electric vehicle (EV), also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction…
Energy availability and cost is at the heart of today’s political and scientific agenda involving many economic, ecologic and geopolitical…
The environmental concerns and limited reserves of fossil fuels have generated an increased interest for alternative propulsive systems of vehicles.…
Due to increasing gas prices and environmental concerns, battery propelled electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have recently…
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Full Electrical Vehicles (FEVs) and Hybrid Electrical Vehicles (HEVs) are vehicles with many electric components compared to conventional ones. In fact the power train consists of electrical machines, power electronics and electric energy storage system (battery, super capacitors) connected to mechanical components (transmissions, gear boxes and wheels) and, for HEV, to an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). The approach for a new vehicle design has to be multidisciplinary in order to take into account the dynamic interaction among all the components of the vehicle and the power train itself. The vehicle designers in order to find the correct sizing of components, the best energy control strategy and to minimize the vehicle energy consumption need modeling and simulation…