Assessment and design of real world driving cycles targeted to the calibration of vehicles with electrified powertrain

Vehicles' powertrain electrification is one of the key measures adopted by manufacturers in order to develop low emissions vehicles and reduce the CO2 emissions from passenger cars. In-creased complexity of electrified powertrains increases the demand of cost-effective tools that can be used during the design of such powertrain architectures. The aim of the study presented in the current paper, is the design of a series of real-world velocity profiles that can be used for the virtual platform. To that aim a combined experimental and simulation approach is followed in order to derive generic real-world cycles used for the evaluation of the overall energy efficiency of electrified powertrains. The outcome of the study is specific driving cycles and a methodology for real world data analysis and evaluation, along with the assessment of the impact of different operational parameters to the total electrified powertrain.