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Scope of the Digital Twin
The main purposes of eVectors digital twin are:
- determine the energy and power needs to achieve a journey
- determine the total energy consumption per 100 km
- perform design exploration analysis (population and sensitivity)
- perform preliminary vehicle dynamic analysis
Licences
The digital twin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License
Installation
The digital_twin is writen in python, and has been developed with version 3.12.7. You need to have a working python installation. For convenience, we recommend installing anaconda package manager, and to create an environment dedicated to eVectors.
Then, follow these next steps:
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download the software from GitLab
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Run the following command in your prefered environment:
python setup.py
Read carefully the text sent back from the setup.py script. You may need to install missing dependecies (see below).
Dependencies
The digital twin need packages listed in the 'requirements.txt' file. To install them in your environment, you need to run following command in an anaconda shell:
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
How to use the program ?
See User's Manual
What is the theory behind ?
See Theory's Manual