A touch panel of an automatic driving vehicle includes a SLOW DOWN button. An operator is able to operate the SLOW DOWN button while the vehicle is running in the automatic driving mode to apply different deceleration controls using a first operation, or a long press, and a second operation, or a short press. For example, when a long press is applied, the automatic driving vehicle completes deceleration at time t4, or a time immediately after time t3 at which the long press operation is completed. In contrast, when a short press is applied, the automatic driving vehicle completes deceleration after the elapse of a relatively long period after completion of the short press.

A cyber-physical energy optimization control system for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an information layer which is configured to realize vehicle and road condition information collection, hybrid control unit (HCU) threshold optimization and threshold wireless update loading, and an optimized object plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEB) as a physical layer. A cyber-physical energy optimization control method for a hybrid electric vehicle includes steps of collecting a real-time position of an optimized HEV and road slope information of the real-time position, collecting speed information which reflects traffic conditions on a road section to be optimized, constructing a vehicle model virtual operating platform for threshold optimization through the collected information, quickly optimizing related parameters with a help of efficient optimization algorithms, obtaining best results, and finally sending and loading corresponding parameters to a hybrid control unit (HCU) before the optimized vehicle is about to arrive at the optimized road section.

A vehicle control device includes a vehicle sensing device configured to sense information about a vehicle, the information including a velocity and a weight of the vehicle, a traveling pattern generator configured to generate a traveling pattern of a driver in consideration of a vehicle state based on the velocity and the weight, a road condition based on a traveling route, and a driving habit of the driver traveling the traveling route, a slowing down length calculator configured to calculate a slowing down length weight value based on the weight and the traveling pattern, and calculate a slowing down length of the vehicle based on the traveling pattern and the slowing down length weight value, and a user interface configured to inform the driver of deceleration information based on the slowing down length.

The invention relates to a drive arrangement for a vehicle and a method for gear shifting in a vehicle. The drive arrangement (5) comprises at least a first drive axle (10, 20, 30) operatively connected to a first gear box (11) and a first propulsion unit (12). The drive arrangement (5) further comprises a second gear box (21) and a second propulsion unit (22) operatively connected to the first drive axle (10) or to an optional second drive axle (20, 30). The drive arrangement (5) further comprises at least one electronic control unit (ECU) adapted to govern gear transmission of the first and the second gear boxes (11, 21). The electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to automatically select between shifting gear on the first and the second gear boxes (11, 21) simultaneously, or sequentially. The drive arrangement and the method provides for a very versatile drive arrangement and gear synchronization providing comfort for the driver and the passengers as well as improved vehicle dynamics.

The power train of an electric vehicle includes an electric motor and a gearbox coupling the electric motor to a drive wheel. A controller may be configured to initiate a gear shift in the gearbox, and activate one or both of (a) a torque jog in electric motor, or (b) a burst of a pressurized fluid in an actuator to assist with the gear shift.

In the cabin of an automatic driving vehicle, a touch panel for inputting a control instruction in relation to the automatic driving vehicle and a display for displaying information on the automatic driving vehicle are provided. The touch panel and the display are disposed in the front end area in the end area in the vehicle width direction inside the cabin of the automatic driving vehicle such that their display surfaces are directed rearward. The touch panel is disposed further outward in the vehicle width direction than the display.

An automatic driving vehicle has an automatic mode to automatically travel in accordance with an instruction from an operation management center. The vehicle transmits, to the operation management center, an automatic mode request to shift to the automatic mode, and enters a permission waiting state of being shiftable to the automatic mode by receiving a permission from the operation management center. In a case where the driving start permission from the operation management center is received in the permission waiting state, the state changes to a manipulation waiting state of waiting for a start manipulation of an operator, and in a case where there is the start manipulation of the operator in the manipulation waiting state, travel in the automatic mode starts.

An automatic driving vehicle has an automatic mode to automatically operate along a predetermined travel route in accordance with an operation schedule provided from an operation management center through communication and so as to arrive at a predetermined spot at predetermined time. In a case where the communication is normal, the automatic driving vehicle operates automatically in accordance with the operation schedule provided in the automatic mode through the communication, and in a case where abnormality occurs in the communication, the automatic mode shifts to a semiautomatic mode to operate the automatic driving vehicle in a state where a function of communicating with the operation management center is limited.

A driving control device receives power supply from an accessory battery to operate, controls automatic driving, and outputs a control signal. A steering ECU, a power ECU and a brake ECU instruct a steering mechanism, a PCU and a brake to operate based on the control signal, respectively. An emergency stop switch is operated by an operator. In a case where the emergency stop switch is operated, an interface processing device cuts off a switch to stop the power supply, shuts down the driving control device, and outputs a control signal that causes the steering mechanism, the PCU and the brake to perform an emergency stop operation.

When an emergency stop switch is operated, a brake device brakes an automatic driving vehicle with a predetermined braking force after elapse of a predetermined time from a time at which the emergency stop switch is operated, based on a predetermined time and a predetermined braking force preset for a brake actuator. When a deceleration button is operated, the brake device brakes the automatic driving vehicle with the same braking force as the predetermined braking force after elapse of the same time as the predetermined time from a time at which the deceleration button is operated, based on a braking instruction from an ECU.