• Control
• High Performance
• Hybrid
• Simulation
• Simulink

In this thesis project is evaluated the potential of the hybrid architecture for all the different types of cars with a focus on sportive vehicles.
Aston Martin Lagonda ®, like all the major high performance car manufacturers worldwide, is developing hybrid concepts to face homologation restrictions in terms of emissions and fuel consumption and at the same time satisfy the customers’ demands for performances and driving experiences.

The main challenge of hybrid vehicles is the complex control strategy within the different propulsors and sources of energy, the battery and the fuel tank.
The most common hybrid optimization strategies are described with specific attention to Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy, ECMS, considered to have a great potential for online vehicle implementation.

Finally a Matlab Simulink © longitudinal vehicle model has been developed in order to test the hybrid architecture, design and optimize high-performance powertrains and verify the achievement of vehicle requirements.

In this thesis project is evaluated the potential of the hybrid architecture for all the different types of cars with a focus on sportive vehicles. Aston Martin Lagonda ®, like all the major high performance car manufacturers worldwide, is developing hybrid concepts to face homologation restrictions in terms of emissions and fuel consumption and at the same time satisfy the customers’ demands for performances and driving experiences. The main challenge of hybrid vehicles is the complex control strategy within the different propulsors and sources of energy, the battery and the fuel tank. The most common hybrid optimization strategies are described with specific attention to Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy, ECMS, considered to have a great potential for online vehicle implementation. Finally a Matlab Simulink © longitudinal vehicle model has been developed in order to test the hybrid architecture, design and optimize high-performance powertrains and verify the achievement of vehicle requirements.