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CMT Mathworks Workshop
A few weeks ago, the team had the privilege of attending a workshop run by Emmanuel Blanchard, one of the Senior Customer Success Engineers at Mathworks. This workshop focused on system-level vehicle and powertrain modelling for electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous development.
26th March 2026
One of the biggest challenges of designing a battery pack for an EV is being able to characterise how it will behave under real-world conditions, and design accordingly. An EV necessarily requires a battery management system (BMS), which is responsible for measuring the voltage, temperature, state of charge, and state of health of the battery pack. The algorithms that control the BMS must be driven by how the cells in the battery pack respond to real-world conditions, as well as the power draw of the rest of the components in the car.
Emmanuel explained how Simulink and Simscape can optimize a car’s battery system by allowing rapid testing of different parameters in a model.
This avoids the need for constant prototyping and makes it easier to explore scenarios that would be difficult, costly, or unsafe to test in real life.
The workshop also explored how model-based simulations can extend to the rest of the car. By simulating driver inputs, road conditions, and other such parameters, the team is able to get a much better idea of how the car will perform at competition.
This was an incredibly insightful experience for our team members, and we welcome the possibility of further opportunities such as this.
We would like to give a massive thank you to Emmanuel for running this workshop and we look forward to applying the knowledge gained in the production of our car this year.
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