Article: Tesla Motors Selects MathWorks Tools for Model-Based Design to Develop Electric Production Sports Car


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04-24-2009
Tesla Motors Selects MathWorks Tools for Model-Based Design to Develop Electric Production Sports Car
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The MathWorks announced that Silicon Valley electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors employed Model-Based Design tools from The MathWorks to develop the 2008 Tesla Roadster, the world's first electric production sports car.

The Tesla Motors design team used Simulink and Matlab to model the entire vehicle and its major subsystems. Engineers combined individual models for each major system of the car, including the motor, battery, transmission, brakes, tires, power electronics, and control systems, into one full-system model, which they used to simulate and ...

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