IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge 2021 - Energy Management of A Dual-Motor All-Wheel Drive Electric Vehicle

This paper proposes a challenge on the development of energy management strategy (EMS) for a dual-motor all-wheel drive (AWD) electric vehicle (EV). This challenge follows the success of the previous four IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge 2017-2020. The challenge welcomes participants from both academic and industrial sectors. An urban EV available at the University of Sherbrooke is used as a reference. The AWD traction configuration is considered as a combination of two electrical machines installed in the front and rear axles of the vehicle. Their associated inverters are supplied by a Lithium-ion battery. The objective of the challenge is the EMS that leads to the minimal state-of-charge of the battery for a given driving cycle A downloadable MATLAB/Simulink model and control of the vehicle organized by using Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) are provided. The top-scored participated teams will be distinguished and invited to present their EMSs in a special session of the IEEE-VPPC 2021.