Power for traction characterized by normal distributions

A driving cycle defines the speed profile as requirement for a propulsion systems or vehicles. As a single driving cycle can hardly be considered representative for all situations a vehicle will experience, attempts are made to classify driving cycles, using techniques as fuzzy logic, statistics and principal component analysis. The need for a definition of the required speed also explains the many driving cycles available in literature. Objective of this study is to classify driving cycles not in terms of speed, but in terms of power, with a focus is on electric vehicles.