A control apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes one or more processors, and one or more memories each storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors. The program includes one or more commands. The one or more commands are each configured to cause the one or more processors to: determine whether the vehicle is in an enclosed environment; and execute abnormality notification control to output an abnormality notification based on a result of a power-source-state determination and a result of a presence determination when the one or more processors determine that the vehicle is in the enclosed environment. The power-source-state determination is a determination regarding a state of a power source of the vehicle, and the presence determination is a determination as to whether there is a person inside or outside the vehicle.

An apparatus, including a vehicle computer located at a vehicle which is an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle; battery recharging equipment which includes a plug-in recharging system, an electric road inductive charging system, or an electric road electrified contact charging system, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The vehicle computer processes information and determines a battery charge level or a battery charge state for a battery of the vehicle. The RFID reader obtains information from a battery recharging system located at a battery recharging facility. The vehicle computer receives an activity report regarding the recharging of the battery by the battery recharging facility and displays information contained in the activity report. The activity report or information contained in the activity report is stored in a distributed ledger and blockchain technology system.

A method for performing an on-board diagnostic function in a motor vehicle including at least one drive system, at least one operating element and at least one control unit with a processor, a control module and an on-board diagnostic function module. The method includes the steps of: activating an on-board diagnostic function in the on-board diagnostic function module; supplying a first signal profile (S1) of an operating value (CV) of the operating element to an analysis module; the analysis module analyzing the first signal profile (S1) of the operating value (CV); activating a filtering module in the event of a positive analysis result; and the filtering module filtering the first signal profile (S1) of the operating value (CV) with selected damping parameters (DP) upon activation of the filtering module in order to obtain a filtered second signal profile (S2) of the operating element.

A server apparatus includes a communication interface, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores correspondence information associating a travel history of a first vehicle configured to run on a fuel cell as a power source with a state of deterioration of the fuel cell. The controller receives, via the communication interface, information on a travel history from a second vehicle configured to run on a fuel cell as a power source, and outputs a notification about the fuel cell of the second vehicle based on the information on the travel history and the correspondence information.

A hybrid-electric or all-electric powertrain may include a power control unit electrically coupled to an energy storage system. The power control unit may determine a power level command based at least in part on a power level request for the powertrain, and a power level-UCL and/or a power level-LCL. The power level-UCL and/or the power level-LCL may be based at least in part on an aggregate obverse power level request representing a requested power level for one or more obverse powertrains electrically coupled to the energy storage system. The power level commands may be limited by the power level-UCL and/or the power level-LCL. The power level-UCL may be set equal to either an available discharge power capacity or an apportionate discharge power capacity. The power level-LCL may be set equal to either an available storage power capacity or an apportionate storage power capacity.