Improving EV Design with Multiphysics Simulation

Digital Exploration for a High-End Electric Vehicle

• To increase engineering cooperation and beat competitors to market with a
luxury vehicle requires a new integrated approach and software that can
optimize all systems and subsystems without regard to the physics involved.

“ANSYS multiphysics simulation platform

ANSYS Solution helps Lucid to address customer needs, solve
engineering problems, optimize subsystems
• The ANSYS simulation platform facilitates cooperation and components, meet regulatory
across different engineering disciplines. requirements and bring a world-class
• Lucid engineers used ANSYS Fluent to simulate vehicle to market.”
aerodynamics, motor cooling, inverter cooling and other Alberto Bassanese
systems Manager
• They used ANSYS Maxwell to design the motor and ANSYS Multiphysics and Optimization
Fluent and ANSYS Mechanical to model the battery pack Lucid Motors

Key Results
• Improved key vehicle attributes and created more
compact package with superb energy density and higher Cut calibration dyno time by
comfort level. 80 percent
• Reduced resource requirements by minimizing physical
testing Increased motor’s power density
• Saved significant time through faster design iterations and and energy efficiency by 12 percent
use of predictive and calibration tools within the ANSYS
platform.

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