An electric vehicle charging system includes a charging connector configured to receive a charging cable. The charging cable and/or the charging connector provide structures for guiding a coolant, cooling the charging cable and/or the charging connector. The electric vehicle charging system further comprises a thermal management unit for cooling the coolant. The thermal management unit comprises a vapor-compression refrigeration system for cooling the coolant below ambient temperature.

An electric vehicle charging system includes a charging connector configured to receive a charging cable provided with electrical charging wires. The charging cable and/or the charging connector provide a flow path for guiding a liquid coolant, cooling the charging cable and/or the charging connector, and a thermal management unit for cooling the liquid coolant, the thermal management unit being fluidly connected to the flow path. The liquid coolant is an ionizable coolant, wherein a deionizing unit is provided and fluidly connected to the flow path for deionizing the liquid coolant to decrease its conductivity.

An electronic control unit (ECU) controls a vehicle capable of externally discharging an electric power via a discharge connector. The vehicle includes: an on-board inverter that adjusts the voltage of an alternating current (AC) power; and a vehicle inlet that discharges to the discharge connector the AC power output from the power converter when the discharge connector is connected to the vehicle inlet. The vehicle inlet has a CP terminal through which a control pilot (CPLT) signal is transmitted when the vehicle 1 is charged externally. The ECU includes a processor. The processor determines the voltage of the AC power output from the on-board inverter, based on the voltage of the CP terminal.

A port for electric vehicles includes an off-loading zone for off-loading one or more passengers from an electric vehicle; a loading zone for loading one or more passengers onto the electric vehicle; and a charging zone for charging the electric vehicle while the electric vehicle is moving from the off-loading zone to the loading zone.

Provided is a power supply system configured to supply AC power to a building. The power supply system includes a discharge assembly which is connectable to a discharge port provided in a vehicle. The discharge assembly includes a first end which receives electric power from the discharge port connected thereto, and a second end which outputs AC power. The second end of the discharge assembly is connected to the building by a single-phase three-line wiring.

There is provided a cart. An electric motor generates a travel driving force based on a control signal from an external control unit configured to perform control related a travel path of the cart. A battery supplies power to the electric motor. An engine drives a power generator which is configured to be capable of charging the battery. A determination unit determines whether the engine is to be operated, based on a predetermined condition.

The present disclosure relates to a wired/wireless integrated power reception system provided in a vehicle, the wireless/wireless integrated power reception system including: a wired power reception apparatus configured to receive power from a transformer in a wired power receiving mode; a relay unit, which upon detecting reception of wireless power from a wireless power transmission pad, is configured to switch to a wireless power receiving mode; and a wireless power reception pad configured to receive power by magnetic coupling in the wireless power receiving mode.

A coil arrangement with reduced core losses is provided. The coil arrangement has a first coil and a second coil and a ferrite layer below the coils. A perpendicular recess in the ferrite layer is provided to reduce magnetic flux density in a center conduction path.

A combinable and detachable vehicle includes: a front connecting portion and a rear connecting portion provided at a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle, respectively, and connected to another vehicle when the vehicle is combined with the other vehicle; a front monitoring portion and a rear monitoring portion monitoring a forward area and a rearward area of the vehicle, respectively; and a controller determining whether the other vehicle is connected to the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion of the vehicle based on information received from the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion, or the front monitoring portion or the rear monitoring portion, and controlling whether to operate each of a front component and a rear component of the vehicle depending on a direction of the vehicle is connected to the other vehicle.

A robot apparatus for establishing a charging connection between a charging device and an energy storage unit of a motor vehicle, having a movement unit, by which the robot apparatus is movable in relation to the charging device and the motor vehicle, having a receptacle device, by which a charging element of the charging device can be received, can be coupled to a coupling element of the energy storage unit and subsequently released, and having a detection unit, by which a position of the coupling element on the motor vehicle is ascertainable, wherein the robot apparatus is connectable by a support device to the motor vehicle, whereby a force is transmittable from the robot apparatus to the motor vehicle.