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Among the many novel aspects of EVs,
the proliferation of sensors within the
vehicles is one of the more prominent
innovations.
In a modern EV with advanced driver-
assistance systems (ADAS), dozens of
integrated sensors work together to
achieve higher performance and improve
driver safety. Furthermore, these sensors
gather insightful and actionable data
about many of the subsystems within
the EV, including the motor and battery
systems. Most importantly, these data
allow designers to create data-optimized
systems.
Designers create data-optimized systems
by using this abundance of available data
to inform EV design decisions from the
onset. For example, most modern EVs
are equipped with a series of sensors to
help monitor the performance, health,
and state of the vehicle's battery. EV
designers can use these data to help
test and characterize their battery
systems more accurately and build
more appropriate system models and
state estimation algorithms. With these
advanced analytics, the designers can
then optimize the design of future
product revisions to achieve better
performance, health, and especially
range.
DESIGNING FOR DATA-DRIVEN
OPTIMIZATION
Curt Hillier
Technical Director, Automotive Solutions, NXP Semiconductors
The data-driven approach is all
about which data we can pull from
a system's sensor—maybe current,
temperature, or voltage. The idea is
to take those data and drive them
into a system so that designers
understand the system behavior
and make design decisions
accordingly."
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