Experimentable Digital Twin for Development of Electric Vehicles; A Case of Formula Society of Automotive Engineers

Developing electric vehicles (EV) pose challenges for engineering practices based on prior experience, so, it exists a need for a new approach that leverages the traditional Systems Engineering (SE), with current advancement in technologies such as simulation and Digital Twin as key technologies of industry 4.0. Existing Experimentable Digital Twin (EDT) approaches are domain specific, rely on specific software, and cannot easily be employed within SE. This research proposed an EDT development approach for integration of third-party simulation tools in EDTs of EVs. Application of this approach is demonstrated in development of a Formula-Society of Automotive Engineers EV.