A motor vehicle includes an electric drive machine and a coupling mechanism for switching between a coupling position, in which the electric drive machine is coupled to a drive wheel of the motor vehicle, and a decoupling position in which the electric drive machine is decoupled from the drive wheel. The motor vehicle further includes a parking lock device which has a parking lock element movable between a parking lock position, in which the parking lock element blocks a rotation of the drive wheel, and an unlocking position in which the parking lock element releases rotation of the drive wheel. The motor vehicle also includes an actuation device to actuate a clutch of the coupling mechanism, which clutch has a switching element for switching between the coupling position and the decoupling position, and moving the parking lock element between the parking lock position and the unlocking position.

Provided is a shift control device for a vehicle in which an automatic transmission in which a gear stage is set based on data showing traveling states including at least a driving demand is mounted, the shift control device for a vehicle setting a neutral state where power is not transmitted by releasing an engagement mechanism engaged such that a predetermined gear stage is set in the automatic transmission when the driving demand becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value determined in advance during traveling, in which the shift control device for a vehicle is configured such that a virtual gear stage as an input rotation speed close to an input rotation speed of the automatic transmission in the neutral state is obtained based on a vehicle speed at a time point when the virtual gear stage is obtained and a gear ratio at a gear stage allowed to be set in the automatic transmission when a target gear stage based on the driving demand is set with the neutral state eliminated by the driving demand exceeding the predetermined value during the traveling in the neutral state, and the shift control device for a vehicle is configured such that control of a second shift toward the target gear stage is initiated during a first shift between a current gear stage to be set based on the data showing the traveling states during the elimination of the neutral state and the virtual gear stage.

A battery electric vehicle transmission with a disengaging function includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft. An input shaft gear is arranged around the input shaft and the input shaft is engaged with an intermediate gear on the intermediate shaft via the input shaft gear, the intermediate gear is engaged with an output gear on the output shaft, the input shaft is connected with an auxiliary drive motor, and the output shaft is connected with vehicle wheels. The transmission further includes a synchronizer, and an engagement sleeve of the synchronizer is driven by a shift mechanism to switch between an engagement position and a disengagement position of the input shaft gear. The shift mechanism includes a BLDC motor, a shift gear and a shift fork, the shift gear is driven by the BLDC motor to drive the shift fork to move linearly.

A method for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes elevating a system pressure acting on a plurality of shift elements (A, B, C, D, E, F) when one of at least one positively locking shift element (A, F) is closed in a force-locking-free state, increasing a torque output by a drive assembly (15) and then subsequently reducing the torque output by the drive assembly (15) while the system pressure is elevated by an intervention with the drive assembly (15), and reducing the system pressure after reducing the torque output by the drive assembly (15). The one of the at least one positively locking shift element (A, F) closed in the force-locking-free state or another one of the at least one positively locking shift element (A, F) is opened while the system pressure is elevated and the torque output by the drive assembly (15) changes.

A method is provided for controlling a gear shift from a forward gear to a reverse gear in a transmission arrangement, the method including the steps of: positioning a first locking mechanism and a first connecting mechanism at least in a partially engaged state for reducing a rotational speed of a planet carrier of a second planetary gear set; and positioning a second locking mechanism in an engaged state when a rotational speed of the planet carrier of the second planetary gear set is below a predetermined threshold limit.

A method for operating a multispeed transmission in a motor vehicle, provided with planetary gearings which can be switched with four switching elements to different gear ratios, and which can be connected by input elements and output elements to a driven input shaft and to an output shaft. The reaction elements can be coupled or locked with a brake, wherein the four planetary gearings can be switched by two brakes and by three shifting clutches to eight forward gear ratios. In the higher gear ratios, at least one first shifting clutch is connected to produce a force flow in the transmission, and in the lower gear ratios, at least a second shifting clutch is connected to produce a force flow in the transmission.

A vehicle control device including an electronically controlled throttle device and configured to control a vehicle for supplying a hydraulic pressure to a friction engaging element of a transmission on the basis of a throttle valve opening controls a start timing of a supply of the hydraulic pressure to the friction engaging element on the basis of an accelerator pedal opening and the throttle valve opening if a shift lever is changed from an advance position to a reverse position or from the reverse position to the advance position.

A method for operating an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes disengaging a shifting element of the automatic transmission and measuring an input speed of the automatic transmission while the shifting element is disengaging. A command pressure of the shifting element is adjusted to a target command pressure based at least in part on the input speed of the automatic transmission while the shifting element is disengaging.

A battery electric vehicle transmission with a disengaging function includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft. An input shaft gear is arranged around the input shaft and the input shaft is engaged with an intermediate gear on the intermediate shaft via the input shaft gear, the intermediate gear is engaged with an output gear on the output shaft, the input shaft is connected with an auxiliary drive motor, and the output shaft is connected with vehicle wheels. The transmission further includes a synchronizer, and an engagement sleeve of the synchronizer is driven by a shift mechanism to switch between an engagement position and a disengagement position of the input shaft gear. The shift mechanism includes a BLDC motor, a shift gear and a shift fork, the shift gear is driven by the BLDC motor to drive the shift fork to move linearly.

A drive device includes a motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a differential gear, an output shaft, a case, an oil pump, and a transmission mechanism. The case houses the planetary gear mechanism and the differential gear. The oil pump circulates oil inside the case. The oil pump is mechanically connected to the sun gear and driven in conjunction with rotation of the sun gear. The transmission mechanism is able to switch an operation mode of the planetary gear mechanism among a plurality of modes. In a first mode, relative rotation of the ring gear with respect to the case is prohibited and relative rotation of the ring gear with respect to the carrier is permitted. In a second mode, relative rotation of the ring gear with respect to the carrier is prohibited and relative rotation of the ring gear with respect to the case is permitted.