According to the method and system of the present invention, a power management system regulates the power provided to various individual on-board vehicle systems in response to detection of vehicle operating conditions and overall anticipated vehicle energy requirements for completion of a planned route, with the objective of conserving as much energy as necessary for the vehicle to reach its planned destination.

An in-vehicle system that is to be provided in a vehicle. The in-vehicle system includes: (a) a control apparatus; (b) a first battery configured to supply an electric power to devices that are to be provided in the vehicle; and (c) a second battery provided apart from the first battery. The in-vehicle system is constructed such that rewriting of a software of the control apparatus is executable when an electric power switch of the vehicle is in an OFF state, and such that the rewriting of the software is executed with supply of the electric power from the second battery to the control apparatus when the electric power switch of the vehicle is in the OFF state.

The disclosure relates to an electric vehicle for the transportation of persons and/or loads, having a frame structure and axle modules which are coupled to the frame structure, a front axle module and a rear axle module, to which in each case the wheels are coupled kinematically, at least one of the axle modules having a drive and an energy source. One of the axle modules has four suspension points for the attachment by means of elastic bearings to the frame structure, in each case, two suspension points forming a pair, and the pairs lying at different heights in the motor vehicle vertical direction.

A wheel drive module comprises wheel (R), speed modulation gearbox (G), first electric motor (M1), and second electric motor (M2). First and second electric motors (M1, M2) jointly drive wheel (R) about wheel axis (A) by the speed modulation gearbox (G) and steer said wheel about steering axis (L). Wheel drive module comprises first motor electronics (10) for controlling first electric motor (M1) and second motor electronics (20) for controlling second electric motor (M2) and central electronics (30) connected to first and second motor electronics (10, 20), allowing a signal transfer. Wheel drive module comprises control logic for controlling first and second electric motors (M1, M2), which logic is provided by first and second motor electronics (10, 20), central electronics (30), application electronics (40) connected to the central electronics (30), allowing a signal transfer, or jointly by the central electronics (30) and the first and second motor electronics (10, 20).

A method for controlling a charging station for charging vehicles in which a first charging unit of the charging station is coupled to a second charging unit of the relevant vehicle for transmitting current. When one of the vehicles is charged, an update operation of the charging station is performed, in which a control assembly of the one vehicle transmits a current software packet to a control device of the charging station.

A vehicle module CPM of an inductive vehicle charging system for charging an on-board energy store, wherein the vehicle charging system includes the CPM and at least one base module GPM arranged in a stationary manner, the CPM having: a monitoring device, a secondary coil, a managing device, and a communication device, the monitoring device and the communication device are each connected to the managing device, the secondary coil is designed to receive energy inductively transmitted by the GPM; the monitoring device is designed to ascertain a state Z(t) of the vehicle in which the CPM is installed and/or of the CPM and to transmit information I.sub.O to the managing device in an event of a specifiable state Z.sub.Start, the managing device is designed to transmit software SW.sub.CPM stored on the managing device and intended for the GPM to the GPM by the communication device after obtaining the information I.sub.O.

Apparatuses, systems, kits, methods and storage medium associated with using different electrical energy source types with an electric vehicle are disclosed herein.

Apparatuses, systems, kits, methods and storage medium associated with using different electrical energy source types with an electric vehicle are disclosed herein.

A removable vehicle battery system includes an energy storage module, a charging/discharging control unit, converter configured to convert the energy into a usable format for an external device, and a power outlet configured to supply energy to the external device. The system communicates with the external device regarding the energy formats the external device requires as well as the quantity of energy in the energy storage module, and the formats in which the energy storage module can supply this energy to the external device. The control unit controls energy delivery from the energy storage module to the external device.

A metal complex is disclosed. In an embodiment a metal complex includes at least one metal atom M and at least one ligand L attached to the metal atom M, wherein the ligand L has the following structure:

##STR00001## wherein E.sup.1 and E.sup.2 are oxygen, wherein the substituent R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of branched or unbranched, fluorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons with 1 to 10 C atoms, wherein n=1 to 5, wherein the substituent R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of branched or unbranched aliphatic hydrocarbons with 1 to 10 C atoms, aryl and heteroaryl, wherein m>0 to at most 5−n, and wherein the metal M is a main group metal of groups 13 to 15 of the periodic table of elements.