Week-3 Challenge: ADVISOR Tool

Ans1.

Given below are the steps which are observed

• Open Matlab window and extract advisor.m file
• Type advisor in command window and enter
• The advisor window/GUI will open. Select unit as metric & click on start
• The main window/GUI will be open, load file to EV_defaults_in
• Change cargo weight to 500kg at bottom-right of the corner
• Keep all other value default conditions
• Click on continue and next window/GUI will be open
• At the right side of top select drive cycle to FTP
• Click on RUN and see the results open in next GUI

If we Change the drive cycle by 3 and 6

Result: We can see that at right side result fig. distance is 17.4km. So, the vehicle won't travel a distance of 45km in one drive cycle. So, adding 2 drive cycle it will travel 35.5km and three drive cycle it will be 41.1km. After that if we increase the no. of drive cycle the distance will remain constant at 41.1km.

Ans2: Procedure:

• In above simulation to change the battery capacity we need to edit battery module #mod i.e., number of battery module
• Change drive cycle to 2, 3 and see result

2 Drive cycle and 27 modules

Output

2 Drive cycle and 29 modules

Output

3 Drive cycle and 27 modules

Output

3 Drive cycle and 29 modules

Output

Results: From above step we can conclude that by increasing the number of two drive cycle it will not reach the distance of 45km for 27 and 29 no. of battery module. Hence, we increased the no. of drive cycle to 29 modules to achieve a distance of 47.7km.

Ans3:

• Perform steps from the first answer till the advisor window is open
• The main window/GUI will be open and bydeaults parallel_default_in is open, so we have to select load file to PRIUS_Jpn_defaults_in
• Keep all other value default conditions
• Click on continue and next window/GUI will be open
• At the right side select gradeability test and click on grade option
• The grade test advance option window will be open
• Put speed Value and click on ok
• Click on RUN and see the gradeability test result open in next GUI

The speed is Kept as 50mph, then gradeability is 2%

Speed (mph)	Gradeability (%)
55	1.7
50	2
40	2.5

Results: So, we can conclude that if gradeability is increased the speed decreases.