Sensitivity Analysis of Environmental Factors for Electric Vehicles Energy Consumption

This paper provides a sensitivity analysis of the required EV propulsion power with respect to environmental factors such as wind speed, rolling resistance and temperature. The results obtained show the degree to which environmental factors affect overall battery power and energy usage for electric transportation. The paper provides analytical expressions as well as simulations to illustrate the key sensitivity results. The significance of our findings for vehicle range estimation is discussed and potential avenues to exploit the strong dependency between propulsion energy and environmental factors are proposed.