Energy-efficient torque allocation for straight-line driving of electric vehicles based on pseudoconvex polynomials

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Autori principali: Hromatko, Josip Kir, Ileš, Šandor, Škugor, Branimir, Deur, Joško
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Hromatko, Josip Kir
Ileš, Šandor
Škugor, Branimir
Deur, Joško
author_facet Hromatko, Josip Kir
Ileš, Šandor
Škugor, Branimir
Deur, Joško
contents Electric vehicles with multiple motors provide a flexibility in meeting the driver torque demand, which calls for minimizing the battery energy consumption through torque allocation. In this paper, we present an approach to this problem based on approximating electric motor losses using higher-order polynomials with specific properties. To ensure a well-behaved optimization landscape, monotonicity and positivity constraints are imposed on the polynomial models using sum of squares programming. This methodology provides robustness against noisy or sparse data, while retaining the computational efficiency of a polynomial function approximation. The torque allocation problem based on such polynomials is formulated as a constrained nonlinear optimization problem and solved efficiently using readily available solvers. In the nominal case, the first-order necessary conditions for optimality can also be used to obtain a global solution. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated on several certification driving cycles against a grid search-based benchmark. Results show a modest influence on electric energy consumption, while enabling real-time optimization and integration with other vehicle control systems.
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spellingShingle Energy-efficient torque allocation for straight-line driving of electric vehicles based on pseudoconvex polynomials
Hromatko, Josip Kir
Ileš, Šandor
Škugor, Branimir
Deur, Joško
Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
Electric vehicles with multiple motors provide a flexibility in meeting the driver torque demand, which calls for minimizing the battery energy consumption through torque allocation. In this paper, we present an approach to this problem based on approximating electric motor losses using higher-order polynomials with specific properties. To ensure a well-behaved optimization landscape, monotonicity and positivity constraints are imposed on the polynomial models using sum of squares programming. This methodology provides robustness against noisy or sparse data, while retaining the computational efficiency of a polynomial function approximation. The torque allocation problem based on such polynomials is formulated as a constrained nonlinear optimization problem and solved efficiently using readily available solvers. In the nominal case, the first-order necessary conditions for optimality can also be used to obtain a global solution. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated on several certification driving cycles against a grid search-based benchmark. Results show a modest influence on electric energy consumption, while enabling real-time optimization and integration with other vehicle control systems.
title Energy-efficient torque allocation for straight-line driving of electric vehicles based on pseudoconvex polynomials
topic Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07527