A fan control system includes a fan, a dust barrier near the fan, a fan actuator to rotate the fan in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a fan controller configured or programmed to control a manner in which the fan actuator is driven, a clogging degree calculator configured or programmed to calculate a clogging degree of the dust barrier based on drive behavior of the fan, and a reverse rotation instructor configured or programmed to instruct the fan controller based on the clogging degree to rotate the fan in the reverse direction.

An apparatus for detecting a first venting event of a battery is provided. The apparatus includes interface circuitry configured to receive a measurement signal indicative of a thermal conductivity of a gas atmosphere in the battery. Additionally, the apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine occurrence of the first venting based on the measurement signal.

An ECU performs a process including the step of calculating a required current value when external charging is to be performed, the step of activating a device in a vehicle when a minimum output current is obtained and when the required current value is lower than the minimum output current, the step of transmitting a sum of the required current value and a device current value when the sum of the required current value and the device current value is greater than or equal to the minimum output current, and the step of stopping external charging when charging is complete.

A vehicle control system that controls a vehicle acquires a mental fatigue degree of a driver of the vehicle using a sensor that is equipped in the vehicle. When an actuation condition including at least a condition that the mental fatigue degree exceeds a first threshold is satisfied, the vehicle control system outputs a relaxation sound that reduces the mental fatigue degree, through a speaker that is equipped in the vehicle.

An electric work vehicle includes a control state switch configured to switch a controller to an operating state in response to a first operation on a manual operation device, and switch the controller to a resting state in response to a second operation on the manual operation device, and a charging controller configured or programmed to control charging of the battery. The controller is configured or programmed to include a motor controller configured or programmed to control driving of an electric motor, a mode setter configured to set a charging mode to enable charging of the battery and a work mode to enable driving of the electric motor, a start prohibitor configured to prohibit starting of the electric motor after charging has ended, and a start prohibition releaser configured to release the prohibition of starting.

Smart charging to avoid battery damage (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a vehicle can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise a charging scheme component that, based on one or more health metrics of a battery of the vehicle, determines a charging scheme for charging the battery, and a communication component that transmits data representative of the charging scheme to a vehicle charger.

A shifting device for an electric vehicle having a virtual manual transmission system, that is configured to realize a variety of shift patterns and torque characteristics. The shifting device comprises: an indicator that indicates a shift pattern; and an indication switcher that switches the shift pattern indicated in the indicator to another pattern. At least any one of the number of the shift positions and a virtual gear stage assigned to the shift position in the shift pattern switched by the indication switcher is different from that in the previous shift pattern indicated in the indicator before switched by the indication switcher.

An embodiment charging facility configured to treat a communication delay during a charging operation includes one or more processors and a storage device storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors, the program including instructions to determine whether the communication delay has occurred based on communication messages transmitted to and received from an electric vehicle at a start of the charging operation and reduce a charging current provided to the electric vehicle in response to a determination that the communication delay has occurred.

A driving force control apparatus (1) is configured to determine a front and rear wheel drive distribution which is a ratio of driving force between front wheels (21) and rear wheels (22) in a four-wheel drive vehicle, and configured to calculate positive or negative standard driving acceleration (XG) obtained based on an input amount from a driving force instruction device (42) of the vehicle and a vehicle speed, and based on the standard driving acceleration (XG), switch between and perform dynamic load ratio distribution control that determines the front and rear wheel drive distribution in accordance with a dynamic load ratio distribution curve (L1) which is a curve of a dynamic load ratio applied to the front wheels and the rear wheels with respect to the standard driving acceleration (XG), and rear wheel-biased distribution control that determines the front and rear wheel drive distribution in accordance with a rear wheel-biased distribution curve (L2) which increases a rear wheel drive distribution compared to the dynamic load ratio distribution curve.

The control device of electrified vehicle includes a communication unit capable of receiving data stored in servers, and a processor. The server stores battery characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the battery when electrified vehicle is driven, in association with battery specific information specific to the battery. When the battery is replaced, the processor acquires the battery characteristic information corresponding to the battery specific information of the replaced battery from the server through the communication unit, and changes the vehicle control in electrified vehicle using the battery characteristic information acquired from the server.