A Preliminary Analysis of Grid Impact of Electric Vehicles via Inertial Measurements

Abstract This paper proposes a method to estimate the mechanical energy at the wheel of electric vehicles through inertial measurements. Simulations based on experimental data have been carried out to analyze the grid impact of electric vehicles and the size of their battery pack according to different recharge policies and the presence of a system to accumulate energy from a regenerative brake. The experimental campaign is carried out with different classes of cars traveling on urban and extra-urban roads.

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