Methods and systems are provided for aging a new plastic fuel tank in a vehicle. In one example, during a plug-in event to recharge a battery of the vehicle, the fuel tank is isolated and the fuel pump is actuated to agitate fuel within the tank and increase fuel vapors until the plastic fuel tank becomes aged to a predetermined degree by fuel vapors generated therein. In this manner, the fuel tank is aged more rapidly, resulting in more accurate fuel level readings and less noise and vibration.

A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The vehicle control apparatus comprises a load unit for loading a load; a weight sensor for estimating a position of a center of mass of the load; a drive unit; and a control unit for controlling autonomous travelling of a vehicle by controlling the drive unit, wherein the control unit estimates a position of the center of mass of the load based on a weight measured by the weight sensor, and controls an acceleration rate of the vehicle in accordance with the position of the center of mass.

A method for operating a motor vehicle is disclosed. The motor vehicle is provided with a hybrid drive device having an electric machine, an internal combustion engine and a particle filter associated with the internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine is operated temporarily for regenerating the particle filter. In a first operating mode, the regeneration is only started when it is determined by a navigation device that an electric driving region to be driven through lies ahead, in which region an operation of the internal combustion engine and/or the regeneration of the particle filter is not desired.

Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing context-based content. A method for providing content according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises identifying a vehicle driver; receiving an internal setting temperature of the vehicle; receiving internal and external temperature information of the vehicle, receiving current temperature setting information of other vehicles; determining whether the internal setting temperature of the vehicle is lower than a first threshold temperature; when the internal setting temperature of the vehicle is lower than the first threshold temperature, determining that the driver has a lot of body heat; and providing content according to the driver's physical constitution.

According to various aspects, a vehicle may include: one or more image sensors configured to provide sensor image data representing a sensor image of a vicinity of the vehicle; one or more processors configured to determine one or more obstacles from the sensor image data, the one or more obstacles corresponding to one or more image objects of the sensor image, determine a distance from ground for each of the one or more obstacles based its corresponding image object, and trigger a safety operation when the distance from ground is equal to or less than a safety height associated with the vehicle.

A motor vehicle includes a plurality of sensors, a wireless communication unit, and a control device that is configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors and via the wireless communication unit relating to at least one of an environmental condition, a mechanical condition and a health-rated condition. The control unit formats the received data into a predetermined format corresponding to at least one detected condition, and compares the at least one detected condition to a plurality of known conditions. The control unit is further configured to identify a detected known condition when the at least one detected condition matches at least one of the plurality of known conditions, to select, in response to identifying the detected known condition, an automatic autonomous driving mode of the vehicle, and then to execute a predetermined driving maneuver corresponding to the detected known condition.

A moving amount estimating apparatus includes a position data obtaining unit, a first estimating unit, and a second estimating unit. The position data obtaining unit obtains a plurality of position data used to form a projection object image before and after movement of a mobile body. The first estimating unit calculates a moving amount of a parallel movement and/or a rotational movement of second position data as a moving amount of a mobile body when a plurality of moving position data is calculated. A second estimating unit compensates for a wheel moving amount based on a comparison between a second reference moving amount based on a rotating amount of a wheel during a predetermined period and a first reference moving amount obtained by calculating the moving amount of the mobile body in the first estimating unit during the predetermined period, and estimates the moving amount of the mobile body.

A control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes an acquiring unit and an estimator. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire wheel speeds of respective wheels of the vehicle and a steering angle of the vehicle. The estimator is configured to estimate vehicle speeds at respective positions of the respective wheels, on the basis of a minimum wheel speed among the wheel speeds of the respective wheels and the steering angle.

A control system of a self-driving tractor can access sensor data to determine a set of trailer configuration parameters of a cargo trailer coupled to the self-driving tractor. Based on the set of trailer configuration parameters, the control system can configure a motion planning model for autonomously controlling the acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the tractor.

A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, an electric heater, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to recharge a battery through regenerative braking. The electric heater is configured to heat an engine coolant. The controller is programmed to redirect regenerative braking power to the electric heater in response to the engine coolant temperature being below a threshold.