A control method for an electric vehicle according to the present embodiment is a control method for an electric vehicle in which an electric motor 4 is used as a traveling drive source and deceleration is performed by a regenerative braking force of the electric motor 4. The control method includes: acquiring an accelerator operation amount; acquiring a total mass M{circumflex over ( )} of the electric vehicle; estimating a disturbance torque acting on the electric vehicle; acquiring an angular velocity of a rotary body correlated with a rotation velocity of a driving shaft 8 for driving the electric vehicle; estimating a vehicle body speed of the electric vehicle by using a transmission characteristic Gp(s) from the angular velocity of the rotary body to a speed of the electric vehicle; calculating a second torque target value Tm2 (torque specified value) for the electric motor 4 based on the acquired total mass M{circumflex over ( )} of the electric vehicle; and controlling, based on the second torque target value Tm2, a torque generated in the electric motor 4. The control method further includes: converging the second torque target value Tm2 to a disturbance torque Td as an estimated vehicle body speed V decreases, when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value and the electric vehicle stops.

A control device and method of an electric vehicle for realizing virtual drive system sensibility is disclosed. A main objective is to provide the control device and method of the electric vehicle capable of realizing and providing differentiated driving sensibility that may be felt in other drive systems such as a drive system of an internal combustion engine vehicle. The control method includes determining a basic torque command, for controlling operation of a driving motor, from vehicle driving information collected by a controller while driving a vehicle; determining a virtual drive system torque command, which is a corrected torque command for realizing virtual drive system sensibility, from a determined basic torque command by using a virtual drive system model preset in the controller, and controlling torque of the driving motor by the controller according to a determined virtual drive system torque command.

An electric walking assisting vehicle configured such that in accordance with operating amounts acting on an operation part, driving of driving motors is controlled and includes an inclination detector which detects inclination of a vehicle body in a forward-backward direction, and on flat land where inclination is less than a threshold, with an operation origin of the operation part as a center, the driving motors are controlled to generate torque in a forward direction by operation of pushing the operation part forward and to generate torque in a backward direction by operation of pulling the operation part backward, on an uphill road on which the inclination is the threshold value or more, the operation origin is shifted to an pulling operation side, and on a downhill road on which the inclination is the threshold value or more, the operation origin is shifted to a pushing operation side.

A method and an apparatus for controlling a vehicle mounted game, a computer program, a storage medium, and a vehicle are provided in the present disclosure. The method is applied to the VCU. The VCU controls a vehicle to be powered at a low voltage in case that it is determined that the vehicle enters a game activation state; when the vehicle is powered at the low voltage, the VUC collects an operation signal of the vehicle, in which, the operation signal includes: an accelerator pedal position signal, a brake pedal position signal, a steering wheel angle signal, and a gear position signal of the vehicle; and the VUC sends the operation signal to a vehicle HUT to enable the vehicle HUT to control the vehicle mounted game according to the operation signal.

An electric propulsion unit comprising a housing, an AC motor, a beta rod, a propeller, a governor, an inverter, and a controller. The AC motor is disposed within the housing and includes a plurality of bearings supported inside the housing, a hollow motor shaft rotatably coupled to the housing by the plurality of bearings, a stator which is supported by the housing, and a rotor which is mounted to the hollow motor shaft. The beta rod is axially translatable inside the hollow motor shaft. The propeller is mechanically coupled to the hollow motor shaft. The propeller includes propeller blades having an adjustable pitch angle which depends on an axial position of the beta rod. The governor is configured to adjust a pitch angle of the propeller blades by actuating axial translation of the beta rod. The inverter is disposed within the housing and connected to receive DC power for conversion into AC power. The controller is disposed inside the housing and configured to control operation of the inverter and control the pitch angle of the propeller blades.

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage device supported by the chassis, a body assembly, and a power distribution unit. The energy storage device is configured to provide electrical power to a prime mover. Activation of the prime mover selectively drives the refuse vehicle. The body assembly is configured for storing refuse and is supported by the chassis. The power distribution unit is coupled to the energy storage device and is configured to control power transmission outward from the energy storage device, between the chassis and the body assembly. The body assembly includes a controller that communicates with the power distribution unit to adjust a flow of electrical power from the energy storage device to the body assembly.

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage device supported by the chassis, a body assembly, and a power distribution unit. The energy storage device is configured to provide electrical power to a prime mover. Activation of the prime mover selectively drives the refuse vehicle. The body assembly is configured for storing refuse and is supported by the chassis. The power distribution unit is coupled to the energy storage device and is configured to control power transmission outward from the energy storage device, between the chassis and the body assembly. The body assembly includes a controller that communicates with the power distribution unit to adjust a flow of electrical power from the energy storage device to the body assembly.

A control device and method of an electric vehicle for realizing virtual drive system sensibility is disclosed. A main objective is to provide the control device and method of the electric vehicle capable of realizing and providing differentiated driving sensibility that may be felt in other drive systems such as a drive system of an internal combustion engine vehicle. The control method includes determining a basic torque command, for controlling operation of a driving motor, from vehicle driving information collected by a controller while driving a vehicle; determining a virtual drive system torque command, which is a corrected torque command for realizing virtual drive system sensibility, from a determined basic torque command by using a virtual drive system model preset in the controller, and controlling torque of the driving motor by the controller according to a determined virtual drive system torque command.

A mobility device that can accommodate speed sensitive steering, adaptive speed control, a wide weight range of users, an abrupt change in weight, traction control, active stabilization that can affect the acceleration range of the mobility device and minimize back falls, and enhanced redundancy that can affect the reliability and safety of the mobility device.

An ECU executes processing including a step of counting up a duration Ntime when a Ready-On state is brought, and a shift position is an N position, a step of counting up a duration Not_Ntime when the duration Ntime is equal to or greater than a threshold value A, the duration Ntime is greater than a threshold value C, and the shift position is other than the N position, a step of resetting the duration Ntime and the duration Not_Ntime to initial values in a case where the duration Not_Ntime is greater than a threshold value D, and a step of executing warning processing when the duration Ntime is greater than the threshold value A.