A control device of a vehicle is provided. The device controls travelling of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows another vehicle based on information received from the other vehicle; and determines whether to allow the vehicle to start to follow another vehicle based on at least one of whether a user of the vehicle is inside the vehicle or an instruction from the user. The processor starts to follow another vehicle in a case where the travel control circuit is allowed to follow the other vehicle.

A vehicle includes an electrical powertrain, a heater, at least one cooling loop, and a controller. The heater is configured to heat a vehicle cabin. The at least one cooling loop is configured to transport waste heat from at least one subcomponent of the electrical powertrain to the vehicle cabin. The controller is programmed to, in response to a command to heat the vehicle cabin and a command to operate in an economy mode, shut down the heater and operate the at least one cooling loop to transport the waste heat to the vehicle cabin. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the command to heat the vehicle cabin and an absence of the command to operate in the economy mode, operate the heater to heat the vehicle cabin.

An emergency halt method for a vehicle driving at least partially in automated fashion. The method includes receiving an emergency halt signal; providing a blocking signal, a first control unit being blocked, and the control over controlling driving maneuvers of the vehicle being withdrawn from the first control unit; and providing a not-drive signal for starting an emergency halt maneuver of the vehicle.

An automatic torque control system and methods for automatically controlling a torque of a vehicle are disclosed. The method includes detecting when the vehicle engages a load. The method further includes automatically decreasing the torque when the vehicle engages the load and prior to one or more wheels of the vehicle slipping.

In a method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant, a signal corresponding to current and/or upcoming movements of the vehicle is obtained when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode. The obtained signal is provided to a control device located within the cabin of the vehicle. The control device is moved corresponding to the provided signal. In an embodiment, an input of the occupant for an autonomous driving unit of the vehicle via the control device is received and a signal corresponding to the received input is submitted to the autonomous driving unit. The input may correspond to a maneuver request and/or to a selection of one of several autonomous driving-modes.

An autonomous system for a vehicle, having a control device. The autonomous system, when there is a functional impairment of the autonomous system and/or of a controlled vehicle component, is in a transition mode for at least a specified minimum transition time, in which mode the controlled component and/or at least one additional vehicle component of the traveling vehicle is controllable by the control device corresponding to a specified transition program. After the elapse of the minimum transition time, the autonomous system is in its transition mode until either a specified maximum transition time has elapsed or at least one current speed of the vehicle is below a specified maximum speed, there is a request by the driver for the acceleration of the vehicle, a current transverse acceleration of the vehicle is below a specified maximum transverse acceleration, and/or at least one vehicle stabilization controller of the vehicle is inactive.

A planning system for an autonomous work vehicle system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to determine an action to be performed by the autonomous work vehicle system and an action location of the action in a work area, determine a transition operation associated with the action that enables the autonomous work vehicle system to perform the action at the action location, and generate a plan for operation of the autonomous work vehicle system. The plan includes the action, the action location, and the transition operation.

A planning system for an autonomous work vehicle system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to provide an indication of a work area for operation of the autonomous work vehicle system, identify a plurality of zones of the work area, and identify one or more rules for each respective zone of the plurality of zones. The one or more rules define operation of the autonomous work vehicle system in the respective zone. The controller is configured to generate a plan for operation of the autonomous work vehicle system based on the plurality of zones and the one or more rules for each respective zone of the plurality of zones.

A method for operating a hybrid vehicle includes obtaining propulsion switching data descriptive of a state of one or more vehicle systems for switching power flow of an internal combustion engine and an electric machine. The propulsion switching data may be used to provide a driver behavior recommendation and/or an actual environmental impact of the hybrid vehicle.

An HCU is to be used in a vehicle including an autonomous driving operation, and includes a function of a presentation control device that controls presentation of information to a driver of the vehicle. The presentation control device determines interruption of a second task other than driving permitted to the driver in an autonomous traveling period where the vehicle travels by the autonomous driving operation. Based on the interruption determination of the second task, the HCU changes a provision method of content provided in association with the second task in the autonomous traveling period.