Title :
The gear selection problem for electric vehicles: An optimal control formulation
Author :
Pakniyat, Ali ; Caines, Peter E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Optimal gear selection problem for energy minimization for two-gear electric vehicles is formulated within the framework of optimal control theory. Methods for restricting the number of switchings are analyzed and a computational example is presented.
Keywords :
hybrid electric vehicles; minimisation; optimal control; electric vehicles; energy minimization; optimal control formulation; optimal gear selection problem; Energy consumption; Gears; Optimal control; Optimization; Roads; Switches; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Control Automation Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2014 13th International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICARCV.2014.7064497
