Van Dynamics Performance Analysis for Different Battery Pack Placement

Abstract

Electric vehicles are the immediate solution to reduce pollutant emissions due to traffic in large urban agglomerations, presenting solutions for electric vehicles designed almost exclusively for personal transport (vehicles). However, in urban traffic there are other types of vehicles needed for the economic activities of an urban agglomeration, vehicles used for goods transport, supply, courier, etc. Transforming these types of vehicles into electric vehicles can be easily achieved by replacing the propulsion unit with the thermal engine with an electric propulsion group, but there is a problem of placing the energy source (battery pack) within the vehicle structure. In order to highlight the effects of energy placement in different locations for a freight vehicle, the work uses the numerical analysis method (CarMaker) to provide a comparable image of dynamic performance and vehicle maneuverability, taking into account the restriction of keeping the same volume of transport capacity.

Based on the proposed research methodology, the study can be done for any type of vehicle in urban traffic that is going to be converted into an electric vehicle.