Design and Systems Integration in the Electrification of an Electric Vehicle for Long Distance Travel. Hierarchical Multi-criteria Analysis for Designing the Vehicle Architecture

Abstract

This paper describes part of the development of racing electric vehicle “Zytel-Zero” which was developed in the laboratories of the I3A (Aragón Institute for Engineering Research). The main objective of the paper is the description of the integration of all systems and components of this electric vehicle, designing and building the subsystems for correct operation, and commissioning and preparation of the control system. Special focus has been laid on the control systems, especially the batteries and several sensors of vehicle itself. In this work the design and integration of systems required in the electrification of a long-range vehicle is described allowing it to be used as a testbed for monitoring battery consumption as a function of the scenarios and the number of batteries on-board. In this paper the use of the methodology Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is presented, as a technique for multi-criteria decision aid to decision making in the process of the electrification of a vehicle.