Comprehensive performance analysis of an electric vehicle using multi-mode Indian drive cycles
Jayakara Babu Kondru, Y. P. Obulesu
Abstract
The constant advancements in the research and development society of vehicle manufacturing made the customer's attention towards EV ownership due to the better economic profile in the view of maintenance and operations. Even though the vehicles have better features the performance of the EV can be estimated with the consideration of the designed drive cycle for the region. According to that the procurement of EVs should be in the approved range of drive cycles with the concern of application. Based on that the article has concentrated on the performance of EV in the view of driving range and energy consumption of the battery for passenger transport applications. To observe the operational attributes of EV the assessment methodology was implemented for three Indian drive cycles (IDC) specifically on IUDC, MIDC, and IHDC. The quantitative assessment has been applied for the specifications of a 106-kW drive powered by the 30.2 kWh battery EV in the operational sequence model of three driving scenarios (aggressive, moderate, and slow) for a distance of 100 km with a four-wheel structure. To provide the vehicle statistics the assessment attempts the execution of performance parameters pictorially with the logistics of software evaluations for a particular average speed range of 21.2-50.02 km/h. From the assessment, it can be realized that the energy consumption of batteries is allowable in the range of 0.129-0.171 kWh/km for EV four-wheelers.