A battery module heating assembly for a battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged in a frame with the cell terminals being connected to one another via busbars. The busbars are covered by the heating assembly. The heating assembly includes at least one thermally conductive pad in contact with one or more heat spreader plates. The heat spreader plates have heating elements attached thereto.

A powertrain for a work machine, including at least one electric motor, an electric energy store, a multi-stage manual transmission, a heating circuit, and a cooling circuit. The at least one electric motor is configured to provide a mechanical input power. The manual transmission is configured to convert the mechanical input power and provide it as mechanical output power. The energy store is configured to supply the at least one electric motor and the heating circuit with electric power. The heating circuit is configured to provide a heating fluid for heating the energy store. The cooling circuit is configured to provide a cooling fluid for cooling and lubricating the manual transmission. The heating circuit and the cooling circuit are coupled via a heat exchanger and have only a single joint cooling device.

A heat management system includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a heat pump, an electric assembly waterway, a radiator waterway, a battery waterway, and a heat exchange waterway. The heat pump module includes a first heat exchange pipeline and a second heat exchange pipeline. A first heat exchange passage and a second heat exchange passage of the first heat exchanger are respectively disposed on the second heat exchange pipeline and the heat exchange waterway. A third heat exchange passage of the second heat exchanger is disposed on the first heat exchange pipeline, and a fourth heat exchange passage of the second heat exchanger is in communication with the radiator waterway. The radiator waterway and the electric assembly waterway may be in communication in series.

A trailer mountable power storage and distribution system is provided. The power storage and distribution system includes a battery assembly and an auxiliary component assembly. The battery assembly includes a housing configured to be mounted to a chassis assembly of a trailer unit. The auxiliary component assembly is configured to be mounted to the chassis assembly of the trailer unit. The auxiliary component assembly has a thermal management component and a power distribution module. The thermal management component is configured to remove heat from the battery assembly. The power distribution module is configured to electrically connect the battery assembly to a load disposed on a tractor configured to tow the trailer unit.

A method for charging an electric vehicle. A traction battery of an electric vehicle connected to a stationary charging device is charged by the stationary charging device and a heating device of the electric vehicle is operated with electrical energy provided by the charging station, in particular predictively, as well as an electric vehicle.

A thermal management system includes a switching valve that switches between a first mode in which first and second flow paths are separated and a second mode in which parts of the first and second flow paths are connected. In the first mode, a control unit acquires measured values of first and second temperatures in the first and second flow paths and estimated values of the first and second temperatures when the switching valve is not in a slightly open state. The switching valve is in the slightly open state when the measured value of the first temperature is higher than the estimated value of the first temperature by a value greater than a first predetermined threshold and the measured value of the second temperature is lower than the estimated value of the second temperature by a value greater than a second predetermined threshold.

An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a valve, a radiator loop configured to be connected to the valve, a power electronics loop configured to be connected to the valve, a heater loop configured to be connected to the valve, and a battery loop configured to be connected to the valve. The valve is configured to connect one or more of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops together and the valve is configured to isolate at least one of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops from any remaining loops of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops.

A vehicle with a capsule structure of a power unit is provided. The power unit includes an internal combustion engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture in an engine body and output a driving force, and a motor configured to output a driving force by using electric power of an electric generator or a battery. At least the engine body is enclosed by the capsule structure, and at least the battery is disposed behind the capsule structure. The capsule structure includes an exhaust opening provided in a back part of the capsule structure, an exhaust open-close member configured to open and close the exhaust opening to discharge and stop discharging air from the exhaust opening, and a controller configured to control the exhaust open-close member to open and close the exhaust opening.

An electrical heater device comprises an heating element, which includes two electrodes and a heating body made of a polymer-based material having a PTC effect, in contact with the electrodes. Each electrode comprises a meshed structure, which extends in a length direction and in a width direction, and is embedded at least partially in the heating body. Each electrode further comprises an electrical-distribution element which is fixed to the meshed structure and includes a distribution portion that extends in the length direction, or in the width direction, or in both the length and width directions of the meshed structure.

A temperature control apparatus of a vehicle of the invention flows a cooling medium in an engine circulation circuit and a battery circulation circuit and an activation of an engine heat exchanging system so as not to perform an engine heat exchanging when an engine temperature is lower than an engine warming end temperature and a battery temperature is lower than a predetermined battery temperature lower than a battery warming end temperature, and flows the cooling medium in the engine circulation circuit and the battery circulation circuit and the activation of the engine heat exchanging system so as to perform the engine heat exchanging when the engine temperature is lower than the engine warming end temperature, and the battery temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined battery temperature.