A battery system including a removable battery pack, including a plurality of battery cells and an interface for electrically and mechanically coupling to a load bearing device; a vehicle, including a power station for providing power to drive the vehicle, the power station including a port for accepting the removable battery pack; and a power tool including a port for accepting the removable battery pack.

A vehicle information DB holds information on whether or not a vehicle falls under a welfare vehicle provided with an assistance apparatus for a driver who has a lower limb impairment. A power feed facility DB holds position information of a power feed facility and information indicating whether the power feed facility falls under a contact type power feed facility or a wireless power feed facility. A processing apparatus creates a travel route such that a larger number of wireless power feed facilities are included along the travel route when the vehicle falls under the welfare vehicle than when the vehicle does not fall under the welfare vehicle.

A vehicle electrical system includes an electrical storage, a first multiphase electrical machine having a plurality of stator windings connected to common neutral point, a first inverter operatively connected to the electrical storage and to the first multiphase electrical machine, wherein the first inverter has a plurality of switch legs with switches, a second multiphase electrical machine having a plurality of stator windings connected to a common neutral point, a second inverter operatively connected to the electrical storage and to the second multiphase electrical machine, wherein the second inverter has a plurality of switch legs with switches, a bidirectional buck-boost DC/DC converter operatively connected to the common neutral point of the first multiphase electrical machine and to the common neutral point of the second multiphase electrical machine and configured for using at least one stator winding of each of the first and second multiphase electrical machines as buck-boost inductance.

An embodiment apparatus for an electric vehicle includes an indoor power outlet configured to receive power through one of a plurality of lines except for a single-phase alternating current (AC) charging line among three-phase AC input lines, a sensor configured to measure a required current of an electronic device connected to the indoor power outlet, and a controller configured to control a bidirectional on board charger of the electric vehicle based on the required current.

An ECU of a vehicle performs processing including transmitting a power feeding request during traveling along a power feeding lane, transmitting a vehicle ID when the vehicle is determined as having deviated from the power feeding lane, and transmitting the vehicle ID again when the vehicle is determined as having returned to the power feeding lane. A management server performs processing including starting power feeding when it receives the power feeding request, storing the received vehicle ID, stopping power feeding, and resuming power feeding when it receives again the vehicle ID and when the received vehicle ID matches with the stored vehicle ID.

A robotic vehicle (10) may include a chassis supporting a storage tank in which an aqueous solution is contained, a mobility assembly operably coupled to the chassis to provide mobility for the robotic vehicle about a service area (20), a positioning module (60) configured to provide guidance for the robotic vehicle (10) during transit of the robotic vehicle (10) over the service area (20), a spray assembly (90) and control circuitry (12).

A robotic vehicle (10) charging station (40) may include a charge interface configured to charge a battery (210) of a robotic vehicle (10) responsive to docking of the robotic vehicle (10) at the charging station (40), and a mixing assembly (240) configured to facilitate mixing a solid material and a liquid to form an aqueous solution for provision to a storage tank (14) of the robotic vehicle.

A method for charging control of a hybrid electric vehicle, includes: receiving a charging instruction; acquiring a first voltage of a power battery and a second voltage of a storage battery in response to receiving the charging instruction; in response to determining that the first voltage is less than the first voltage threshold and the second voltage is less than the second voltage threshold, disconnecting the OBC from the power battery and charging the storage battery through the OBC and the DC for a charging duration; and in response to that the charging duration of the storage battery reaches a duration threshold, connecting the OBC to the power battery and charging the power battery through the OBC.

An electric power conversion system and a vehicle, to improve vehicle availability. The electric power conversion system may receive electric energy provided by a first power supply, and supply power to at least one load module. The system may include a first direct current to direct current conversion module and a second direct current to direct current conversion module. The first direct current to direct current conversion module is configured to perform voltage conversion processing on the electric energy and provide the electric energy to the at least one load module. The second direct current to direct current conversion module is configured to perform voltage conversion processing on the electric energy and provide the electric energy to the at least one load module.

A renewable energy charging system for increasing the charging efficiency of an autonomous vehicle includes a computer programed to predict, in a vehicle at a plurality of locations, an amount of power generation associated with each location. The computer selects one of the locations based at least on the predicted amounts of power generation and moves the vehicle to the selected location.