Modeling and Simulation of a Parallel-Series Hybrid Vehicle Based on ADAMS and MATLAB

As the main developing direction of new energy vehicles, hybrid vehicles are highly valued by almost all automobile enterprises. For the automobile enterprises, the most important issue is accelerating the development of hybrid vehicles. The thesis creates vehicle model of Toyota Prius in MATLAB and ADAMS, then compares the simulation results with the results from ADVISOR. The results demonstrate that the research approach is practical. By the co-simulation, power, fuel economy and emissions performance of the hybrid vehicle can be analyzed and dynamical parameter of the hybrid vehicle can be also designed and optimized. The modeling method used in this thesis makes the simulation process more intuitionistic, and it speeds up the development of hybrid vehicles. In addition, forward simulation mode used in this thesis is approximate to the actual driving, so the controller code can be generated immediately, and R&D (research and development) efficiency will be raised.