A Review of Digital Twin Technology for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

Ali, Wasim A.; Fanti, Maria Pia; Roccotelli, Michele; Ranieri, Luigi

doi:10.3390/app13105871

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“…These changes are promptly reflected in their virtual counterparts. This feature makes DT promising for vehicle-orientated applications such as vehicle simulation testing and fault detection [66]. In addition, digital twins offer qualitative advantages in optimisation algorithms and their real-time connectivity features help reduce production and service time or costs, introducing novel data analysis, prediction capabilities, and creative applications.…”

Section: Application Of Digital Twin In Driverlessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Currently, amidst the ongoing advances in digital technology, transportation infrastructure is undergoing rapid evolution, and DT, serving as a technology that bridges the real and virtual realms, holds promising applications in the intelligent transport sector. This technology has the potential to empower intelligent transportation systems (ITS) with scientific advances, facilitating the industry's transition toward intelligent and dynamic development [66]. In the field of intelligent transportation, DT has the ability to promote decision optimisation and explore the potential of ITS through its real-time visualisation and virtual-reality combination technology, so as to achieve a deeper understanding of road information and traffic demand.…”

Section: Digital Twin Application For Transport Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Recent Progress on Digital Twins in Intelligent Connected Vehicles: A Review

Chai,

Yan,

Zhang

et al. 2024

ELEKTRON ELEKTROTECH

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As an important enabling technology in the era of Industry 4.0, the intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) facilitates robust data interaction with the outside through sensors and communication technologies, ultimately making scientific decisions based on environmental perception information. However, due to constraints such as limited communication bandwidth and computing resources, the influx of data simultaneously impedes the sustainable optimisation of the vehicle decision making process at the same time. As a novel technology that effectively connects physical and virtual space, the special ability of the digital twin (DT) is to identify characteristics within a certain lifecycle, thereby garnering widespread attention across various industries. The purpose of this paper is to review the contribution of digital twins in the application field of intelligent vehicles and explore its potential for development. First, the key technologies of ICV provide a basis for the embedding of digital twins. Then, by analysing the development process and technical composition of digital twins, readers can better understand the concept of digital twins. Finally, the application of DTs in ICV is reviewed from the perspective of vehicles, traffic facilities, and occupants. Future challenges and opportunities in this direction are described at the same time.

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Section: Application Of Digital Twin In Driverlessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Digital Twin Application For Transport Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Progress on Digital Twins in Intelligent Connected Vehicles: A Review

Chai,

Yan,

Zhang

et al. 2024

ELEKTRON ELEKTROTECH

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“…The review emphasizes the advantages of DT technology but also acknowledges the challenges it might face in expanding its use. In [55], a thorough overview of how DT technology can revolutionize EVs applications is presented. It addresses key challenges in EV services like tracking, monitoring, battery management, connectivity, security, and privacy.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Digital Twin of Charging Stations for Fleets of Electric Vehicles

Francisco,

Monteiro,

Cardoso

2023

IEEE Access

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The increasing concern over the environmental impact of fossil fuels and associated CO2 emissions created a growing interest on the use of electric vehicles (EVs) and green energy utilization. In this context, the widespread adoption of EVs should be accompanied by the introduction of generation from renewable energy sources (RES). That insertion, at the distribution level, presents challenges that result from their intermittent nature, requiring demand-response measures that can be addressed by adjusting the charging processes to match the available power. In the framework of EVs renting companies, it is essential to have an efficient charging management that allows achieving high levels of self-consumption and self-sufficiency, lower operational costs and lower payback periods for the investments made. The utilization of digital twins (DTs) can be key to achieve those goals, providing accurate simulations and predictions. Their use in the context of EV charging can offer valuable insights into optimizing charging scheduling and predicting energy demands, taking into consideration distinct scenarios. This paper presents the work done to implement DTs of a set of charging stations (CSs) and EVs, which allow the modeling and improved management of the charging processes of EV fleets, for a set of CSs, integrating RES. In this charging context, experimental results using the DT were applied considering a predicted mobility. The applied scenarios supported an effective and optimized managing performance, reaching low paybacks and high self-sufficiency values. The obtained results show that this method is a viable and cost-effective solution for companies renting EVs.

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“…It is worth mentioning the development of DT over the years and looking forward to the future [6]. This trend can be found not only in the automotive industry [7], but also in the railway [8] • Testing the vehicle before launch with various parameters.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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A Framework for Communicating and Building a Digital Twin Model of the Electric Car

Bednarz,

Baier,

Paprocka

2024

Applied Sciences

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution has had a huge impact on manufacturing processes and products. With rapidly growing technology, new solutions are being implemented in the field of digital representations of a physical product. This approach can provide benefits in terms of cost and testing time savings. In order to test and reflect the operation of an electric car, a digital twin model was designed. The paper collects all the information and standards necessary to transform the idea into a real and virtual model of an electric car. The significance and impact of the study on the improvement of the project are described. The research stand, correlations of components (DC and AC motors, shaft, and wheel of the electric car), and development prospects are presented in the paper. The communication method with the research stand is also presented. The digital twin should communicate in real time, which means obtaining the correct output when the input changes; the input is the AC motor current, and the output is the rotational speed of the DC motor. The relation between inputs and outputs are tested. The kinematics of the electric car are modelled in LabVIEW. The results obtained are compared with historic racing data. The track is also modeled based on satellite data, taking into account changes in terrain height, using the SG Telemetry Viewer application. The parameters of the electric car engine model are tuned based on actual data on the car’s speed and current in the electric motor. The achieved results are presented and then discussed.

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A Review of Digital Twin Technology for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

Cited by 25 publications

References 84 publications

Recent Progress on Digital Twins in Intelligent Connected Vehicles: A Review

Recent Progress on Digital Twins in Intelligent Connected Vehicles: A Review

A Digital Twin of Charging Stations for Fleets of Electric Vehicles

A Framework for Communicating and Building a Digital Twin Model of the Electric Car

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