A method of performing a ground fault test on a plurality of battery packs of an aggregated battery of an electric work vehicle. A circuit is configured to connect the aggregated battery to an isolation monitor. A plurality of contactors are configured to facilitate connection to the circuit and disconnection from the circuit of each of the plurality of battery packs. If the isolation monitor detects existence of a ground fault, the user of the electric work vehicle is notified of the existence of the ground fault. The plurality of contactors are opened. The closure of the plurality of contactors is sequenced to include each of the plurality of battery packs in the circuit with the isolation monitor in turn. The isolation monitor is used to determine whether the battery pack that is included in the circuit is a faulty battery pack. The faulty battery pack is disconnected.

Disclosed herein a method for upshifting the transmission of a vehicle using shift entry prediction. The method may comprise predicting whether or not an upshift request of a vehicle will occur, determining whether or not a charge demand required for a battery through regeneration for upshift is greater than an allowable charge amount of the battery when the upshift request is predicted, controlling power consumption of the battery when the charge demand is greater than the allowable charge amount, and processing the upshift in response to an actual request of the upshift.

A computer-implemented method for predicting electric vehicle (EV) charging behavior of a driver. The method includes predicting when an EV needs to be charged, where the EV needs to be charged, and for how long the EV needs to be charged based on individualized characteristics of the driver or one or more passengers, weather conditions, and geospatial characteristics. The method further includes evaluating an availability of one or more EV charging stations located within a given radius of the EV and comparing a location of the one or more available EV charging stations, located within the given radius of the EV, to one or more desired locations of the driver of the EV. The method further includes determining an estimated waiting time at the one or more EV charging stations and scheduling an EV charging time at the one or more EV charging stations, based on the location and duration.

Active demand management systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining one or more conditions necessary to compute a rule set, determining a current state of one or more devices, receiving user inputs and overrides, if any, via the one or more devices, determining both a forecasted demand and a demand threshold, based on the rule set, the current state of each of the one or more devices, and the user inputs and overrides, when the forecasted demand is greater than the demand threshold, generating a plan to power off the one or more networked devices, one by one, in an order from the least important device to the most important device, until the forecasted demand no longer exceeds the demand threshold; and delivering energy-related device commands for the one or more devices, based on the generated plan.

Battery charging based on state of health is provided. A state of health if a battery of an electric vehicle is identified. A target state of health is identified based on a life of the battery. An in instruction to charge the battery is conveyed, based on the state of health of the battery and the target state of health for the battery.

A vehicle control system for reducing turn radius of a vehicle may include electric motors associated with front and rear wheels of the vehicle. The system may further include a plurality of vehicle sensors to receive information including driving surface type, vehicle speed and handwheel position. The system may also include a controller operably coupled to the electric motors and the sensors to control wheel slip during a turn based on the driving surface type, the vehicle speed and the handwheel position.

An energy storage management system (1) for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle. A control device (2) is used to operate an energy storage device (3) for the vehicle as a function of stored planning rules (4). An interface device (5) with at least one graphical user interface (15) is used to create the planning rules (4) in a user-defined manner. The planning rules (4) include planning parameters (14) configurable by the user interface (15). The planning rules (4) include planning operators (24). The interface device (5) is suitable and designed for supporting a selection and a compilation of the planning parameters (14) and the planning operators (24) to create one or more planning rules (4) using a drag and drop method by the user interface (15).

The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure calculates motor torque using an MT vehicle model simulating an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine. In the first operation mode, an operation amount of a pseudo-clutch pedal and a shift position of a pseudo-gearshift are input to the MT vehicle model to reflect operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal and operation of the pseudo-gearshift in electric motor control. In the second operation mode where the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal is not needed, an operation amount of a clutch pedal calculated by a driver model is input to the MT vehicle model instead of the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal.

Axial Flux Outboard Propulsion System for an Electric Boat having a first axial flux motor that is positioned adjacent to a second axial flux motor and the ability to selectively turn each motor on or off via the control system based on the request or need for torque.

An information processing method using an information processing device, which includes receiving an electric power feed request to a vehicle from a user terminal, determining an installer who installs a charger for power supply based on the electric power feed request, and determining a charging position. transmitting installation work information indicating at least the time of installation to the installer terminal; determining a person to remove the charger from the electric power feed request; and removing work information indicating at least the charging position and the removal time to the retriever terminal.