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During the development phase of any Powertrain component/subsystem for a conventional ICE or an XEV (Hybrid/Battery Electric Vehicle), system Energy efficiency and Performance improvement simulations are a very important step to prove the worthiness of the product before we can advance to building Prototypes, Vehicle level Integration, Testing, analysis and benefit’s evaluation phases. This work describes how two simulation tools have been leveraged effectively for Energy efficiency and Performance simulations for an Electric vehicle. Schaeffler has an internal Physical Modelling Tool (PMT) for building vehicle level models. This tool has readymade physical blocks for various Mechanical and Electrical components. These blocks can be parameterized as per required specifications. The powertrain subsystems like the Battery, BLDC Motor, Vehicle Dynamics and the Multi-speed transmission consisting of various mechanical elements have been modelled and parametrized using this tool.