Determining the Required Electric Power for the Traction of Electric Vehicle

Electric Vehicles EVs are the Vehicles that use electric motor powered by Fuel Cells, Batteries, or Ultra capacitors to drive the vehicle. EVs have many advantages over internal combustion engines such as zero emissions, high efficiency, quiet operation, smooth movement, and fuel independent. The traction torque should be determined according to vehicle's load that must be exceeded to move the vehicle at the required speed.

This study aims to analyze the mechanical forces applied on the vehicle, then modeling them to evaluate the traction power required for each case of operation. This model has four inputs which are:  the required speed and acceleration, the road slope and vehicle's mass, and has the traction power as its output.