A working vehicle includes a prime mover provided on a vehicle body, a first indicator light provided on the vehicle body, a second indicator light provided on a working device connected to the vehicle body, and an integrated controller including a first controller portion to control the prime mover, and a second controller portion to control the first indicator light and the second indicator light.

A control method of controlling an idle stop-and-go (ISG) function of a vehicle provided with a manual transmission includes: determining, by a controller, whether an ISG function activation condition is satisfied based on vehicle running state information of the vehicle; stopping an engine, by the controller, when the ISG activation condition is satisfied; determining, by the controller, whether a first starting condition in which a shift stage of the manual transmission is a neutral stage is satisfied; determining, by the controller, whether a second starting condition in which a shift stage of the manual transmission is a driving stage is satisfied; and restarting, by the controller, the engine when the first starting condition or the second starting condition is satisfied. The vehicle running state information includes: an operation information of the manual transmission and a clutch pedal, and current and recorded vehicle speeds of the vehicle.

A vehicle control device stores learning data to correct a parameter used in a control program for controlling a vehicle, determines whether or not a part controlled by the parameter has been replaced; and resets the learning data when determining that the part has been replaced. The vehicle control device determines whether or not the part has been replaced by identifying individuality of the part based on characteristics of a sensor output from a sensor provided in the part.

A method of virtualizing characteristics of an internal combustion engine vehicle in an electric vehicle, the method includes: determining, by a controller, a current input torque applied to a powertrain from a motor that makes a vehicle move, determining, by the controller, tooth surface pressures of gears in the powertrain between the motor and driving wheels from the determined current input torque, generating, by the controller, a virtual effect signal for generating a virtual effect that simulates powertrain characteristics of an internal combustion engine vehicle based on the determined tooth surface pressures of the gears in the powertrain, and generating, by the controller, the virtual effect that simulates the powertrain characteristics of the internal combustion engine vehicle by controlling operation of a virtual effect generation device that generates the virtual effect according to the generated virtual effect signal.

A vehicle powertrain component includes a thermal transfer surface that transfers thermal energy out of a powertrain component and a thermally active material disposed over the thermal transfer surface. The thermally active material includes a variable thermal conductivity and an actuator coupled to the thermally active material induces changes in the thermal conductivity of the thermally active material. A controller governs operation of the actuator to adjust the thermal conductivity of the thermally active material responsive to a vehicle operating condition to maintain the powertrain component within a predefined temperature range.

The present disclosure provides a regenerative brake method of a vehicle, including selecting and inputting one of a plurality of regenerative brake modes by a driver and recognizing the regenerative brake mode selected by the driver, by a controller, determining on/off-state of an active shift control (ASC) function by the controller when the regenerative brake mode selected by the driver is an efficiency-preferred mode or an intermediate mode, controlling a motor speed during regenerative brake and simultaneously performing ASC control for changing a gear stage, by the controller when the ASC function is in the on-state, and controlling gear shift for changing a gear stage without control of a motor speed during regenerative brake, by the controller when the ASC function is in the off-state.

In a hybrid vehicle, when the engine is started and caused to make a transition from a stopped state into an operating state, the control device performs an operation control of the rotary machine and an output control of the engine to increase the rotation speed of the engine so that the rotation speed reaches a target rotation speed after the transition of the engine into the operating state, determined by the shifting control, and during increasing the rotation speed, when suppression conditions further including a condition that a vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed, and a condition that an output request amount by a driver is smaller than a predetermined output request amount, are satisfied, the control device suppresses an increase rate of the rotation speed until a predetermined time elapses from an initiation of starting of the engine as compared with when the suppression conditions are not satisfied.

A vehicular breaking force control system that includes a control device including a processor that acquires a plurality of longitudinal accelerations from a driving assistance system, and calculates a driving/braking request when the vehicle is in a coasting state in which an acceleration operation or a deceleration operation are not performed during running of the vehicle. The processor further acquires a driving force lower limit set for a powertrain actuator having a set gear ratio, and distributes the driving/braking request to at least one of (i) a powertrain system including the powertrain actuator and (ii) a brake system including a brake actuator. The driving/braking request is distributed to the at least one of the powertrain system and the brake system based on the acquired driving force lower limit.

The invention relates to a system (10) for a vehicle trailer (106), in particular to a semi-trailer (106) comprising, a function block (30) with a data input (33) for receiving gear change signals (34) of a vehicle (108), in particular a utility vehicle (108), which tows said vehicle trailer (106). The function block (30) comprises a controller (35) for generating a torque-increasing request signal (36) in accordance with a received signal of the gearchange signals (34) and a data output (37) for outputting the torque-increasing request signal (36) to an electric motor control device (14) of at least one electric drive (12) of the vehicle trailer (106). The invention further relates to a vehicle trailer (106) with a system (10) and to a method for operating such a system (10).

The present disclosure provides a driving assist apparatus including a host vehicle stop determiner for determining the stop state of a host vehicle, a preceding vehicle stop determiner for determining the stop state of the preceding vehicle, a preceding vehicle start determiner for determining the start of the preceding vehicle after the stop of the preceding vehicle based on a speed change information of the preceding vehicle and a distance change information between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle, and a start notifier for notifying the start of the preceding vehicle after the stop to a driver of the host vehicle.