Simulación mediante SIMULINK del consumo de un vehículo eléctrico en condiciones geográficas del Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this research was to emulate the consumption of an electric vehicle through the Matlab-Simulink simulation software, in this way to determine if Ecuador is in the capacity to supply this type of vehicle. For the case study, the KIA Soul motor vehicle was considered since it turned out to be the best-selling electric vehicle in the country. The analysis focused on the consumption of the KIA Soul vehicle based on a driving cycle so that, through the data obtained from the simulation and the data of the capacity delivered by the different sources of electrical energy in Ecuador that corresponds to a value of 32237.40 GWh for public consumption, an approximate reference value is obtained. An eventual change from internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles was estimated for the analysis. The results obtained verified that in a 27-minute driving cycle, the battery consumption of the KIA Soul was 3.85%, with this value as data. As a reference, an analysis was carried out from the year 2020 to the year 2025, where a progressive income was considered until reaching fifteen thousand electric vehicles, in the same way, as the annual increase in the consumption of public energy in the country. It was concluded that Ecuador, until the year 2022, will be able to supply 6,390 vehicles since, as of 2023, it will generate an excess in electricity consumption of 4% when considering an income of 9,390 vehicles. It is crucial to consider that prior knowledge of simulation software must be obtained for the development of the investigative work to get closer accurate data.