Thats mainly because current battery management systems can obtainlittle information from a battery, and with poor real-time capability.
They also cant store or process large amounts of data during the operation of a vehicle.
But dont lose your hope just yet, because digital twin tech could actually be a huge game-changer.
Whats a digital twin?
Basically, adigital twin is avirtual simulationof a physical asset.
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Simply put, whats connecting the real battery with its twin is the transfer of data and information.
Most notably, though, the twin can analyze thehistorical and real-time battery data with machine learning algorithms.
What are the benefits?
The digital twin is key to gaining complete control of the battery with easy information availability and accessibility.
Has the tech been actually applied?
Each vehicle was equipped with SPSs own data-collection gadget, which communicates over-the-air with the companys cloud-based software.
The collected data was thenanalyzed by the companys EV-OPS battery management platform and processed by Imperial College researchers.
The next big step will be applying the tech to commercial electric vehicles.
HT Chinese Journal of Medical Engineering,COMSOL,ION Energy
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Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
