The increasing use of electrification in both road vehicles and work vehicles has shown the need to use robust, efficient, and flexible testing methods to support the development and validation of electric vehicles (EVs). Today, validation methods involve physical prototyping and real-world testing, which is costly and slow. In this context, X-in-the-Loop (XIL) strategies play a key role in the design and testing cycle, providing tools for the analysis and verification of control units without the need for a physical prototype. Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) are key methodologies for validating complex systems, allowing the control software to be tested in a simulated environment and the real hardware to be integrated into a real-time simulation.