diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Models/PowertrainPosition.cs b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Models/PowertrainPosition.cs
index ae6edc8132e74b590969357b163d036327ac9377..d6bae6be6c4bc87ed946f3ff5e957f0d38445a0d 100644
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Models/PowertrainPosition.cs
+++ b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Models/PowertrainPosition.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Exceptions;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Utils;
 
-namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData
-{
+namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData {
 	public enum PowertrainPosition
 	{
-		HybridPositionNotSet, // this has to be the first entry so that it is used as default for not initialized fields!
+		HybridPositionNotSet, // this has to be the first entrie so that it is used as default for not initialized fields!
 		HybridP0,
 		HybridP1,
 		HybridP2,
@@ -19,13 +18,12 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData
 		BatteryElectricE4,
 		BatteryElectricE3,
 		BatteryElectricE2,
-
 	}
 
 	public static class PowertrainPositionHelper
 	{
 		public const string HybridPrefix = "Hybrid";
-		public const string BatteryElectricPrefix = "BatteryElectric";
+		public const string BatteryElectriPrefix = "BatteryElectric";
 
 		public static PowertrainPosition Parse(string pos)
 		{
@@ -33,22 +31,22 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData
 				return PowertrainPosition.GEN;
 			}
 
-			if (pos.StartsWith("P", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) {
+			if (pos.StartsWith("P",StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) {
 				return (HybridPrefix + pos).Replace(".", "_").ParseEnum<PowertrainPosition>();
 			}
 
 			if (pos.StartsWith("B", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) {
-				return (BatteryElectricPrefix + pos.Replace("B", "E")).ParseEnum<PowertrainPosition>();
+				return (BatteryElectriPrefix + pos.Replace("B", "E")).ParseEnum<PowertrainPosition>();
 			}
 			if (pos.StartsWith("E", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) {
-				return (BatteryElectricPrefix + pos).ParseEnum<PowertrainPosition>();
+				return (BatteryElectriPrefix + pos).ParseEnum<PowertrainPosition>();
 			}
 			throw new VectoException("invalid powertrain position {0}", pos);
 		}
 
 		public static string GetName(this PowertrainPosition pos)
 		{
-			return pos.ToString().Replace(HybridPrefix, "").Replace(BatteryElectricPrefix, "").Replace("_", ".");
+			return pos.ToString().Replace(HybridPrefix, "").Replace(BatteryElectriPrefix, "").Replace("_", ".");
 		}
 
 		public static string GetLabel(this PowertrainPosition pos)
@@ -64,10 +62,8 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData
 					return pos.ToString().Replace(HybridPrefix, "").Replace("_", ".");
 				case PowertrainPosition.GEN:
 					return nameof(PowertrainPosition.GEN);
-				case PowertrainPosition.HybridPositionNotSet:
-					return "Position not set";
 			}
-			return pos.ToString().Replace(BatteryElectricPrefix, "").Replace("B", "E");
+			return pos.ToString().Replace(BatteryElectriPrefix, "").Replace("B", "E");
 		}
 
 		public static bool IsBatteryElectric(this PowertrainPosition pos)
@@ -91,6 +87,33 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData
 			}
 		}
 
+		public static string ToXmlFormat(this PowertrainPosition pos)
+		{
+			switch (pos) {
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridPositionNotSet:
+					throw new ArgumentException("Hybrid position not set");
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridP0: 
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridP1:
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridP2:
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridP2_5:
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridP3:
+				case PowertrainPosition.HybridP4:
+				case PowertrainPosition.BatteryElectricE4:
+				case PowertrainPosition.BatteryElectricE3:
+				case PowertrainPosition.BatteryElectricE2:
+					return GetPositionWithoutPrefix(pos.ToString());
+				case PowertrainPosition.GEN:
+					return "GEN";
+				default:
+					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(pos), pos, null);
+			}
+		}
+
+		private static string GetPositionWithoutPrefix(string position)
+		{
+			return position.Replace(BatteryElectriPrefix, "").Replace("E", "").Replace(HybridPrefix, "").Replace("P", "")
+				.Replace("_", ".");
+		}
 		public static bool IsSerialHybrid(this PowertrainPosition pos)
 		{
 			return IsBatteryElectric(pos);
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockVehicleInputData.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockVehicleInputData.cs
index d5502a5023b79e6cc793b1c65d518ef7cb6c6bef..632be8b00f0bd4acae6ccb16ad0da3e95c8512bc 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockVehicleInputData.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockVehicleInputData.cs
@@ -117,5 +117,6 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Tests.Utils
 		public bool OvcHev { get; }
 
 		public Watt MaxChargingPower { get; }
+		public VectoSimulationJobType VehicleType { get; }
 	}
 }
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