Model based design of an Urban Electric Minibus

The public transport authorities in the cities have a great interest regarding the use of the means of transport with the lowest possible gas emissions. Electrification of the transport sector is one solution. Electric vehicles virtual developments occurs with the extend of the mobility technology and the needs for testing different configurations and energy management strategies. Using the model-based design method, an urban electric minibus model with advanced functional characteristics is defined. The software package Simcenter Amesim is used in the simulation processes based on the Model in the Loop philosophy. After describing all subsystem and their physics, their interaction will be highlighted at first and then analyzed to reach first conclusions in term of energy balance within the urban electric minibus.