A fuel cell vehicle comprising: a hydrogen tank which is mounted on the vehicle so as to have a center axis generally parallel to a front/rear direction of the vehicle; a high-voltage electric component which is positioned either forward or rearward of the hydrogen tank and which operates on high voltage; an aftercooler placed between the hydrogen tank and the high-voltage electric component to cool compressed air; and a fuel cell stack which is supplied with the cooled compressed air.

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 external electric vehicle battery thermal management system is described. An electric vehicle thermal system provides external coolant to an internal battery thermal system of an electric vehicle. The internal battery thermal system includes a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger to cool or warm the set of batteries of the electric vehicle. The external coolant is pumped through a first side of the heat exchanger and serves as the source to cool or heat internal coolant pumped through a second side of the heat exchanger. The external coolant and the internal coolant do not mix.

An integrated electric drive system includes an electric machine having a first housing and an output shaft, a transmission having a second housing and a drive shaft, and a power electronics module with a third housing and an electronic device configured to provide electric power for the electric machine. The transmission receives an input torque of the output shaft and outputs the same via the drive shaft. The power electronics module is configured to be arranged around the drive shaft. The integrated electric drive system can be installed on an electric vehicle. The integrated electric drive system has a more compact structure with a higher degree of integration, and better heat dissipation capability, facilitating spatial optimization and lightweight design of the electric vehicle.

A drive device is disclosed, in particular for an electrically driveable vehicle, having at least one electric motor, having at least one drive inverter for actuating the electric motor, having at least one cooling unit with at least one coolant pump, a cooler, at least one pump inverter and with at least one heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is connected in fluid-conducting fashion to the coolant pump and to the cooler via a coolant circuit, wherein at least one pump inverter is integrated into the drive inverter or is arranged adjacent to the drive inverter, wherein the coolant pump can be actuated by the pump inverter.

An energy-storage arrangement for, e.g., an electric or hybrid vehicle includes an energy-storage device including energy-storage cells arranged in a housing. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet for a temperature-control fluid, that may provide for direct temperature control of the energy-storage cells in the housing. The energy-storage arrangement further includes a temperature-control-fluid circuit, in which the housing, a pump for conveying the temperature-control fluid, and a heat-transfer device are arranged. A water-separator for separating or discharging water from the temperature-control fluid may be provided in the temperature-control-fluid circuit.

An air intake system for a vehicle has a conduit having an internal wall forming an air passage. A deflector is disposed within the air passage. A restricting structure is disposed within the air passage between the deflector and a conduit outlet. The restricting structure defines at least in part an opening substantially laterally aligned with the deflector. The restricting structure has a lateral wall disposed downstream of the deflector and extending within the air passage. The lateral wall has a front surface generally facing a conduit inlet, and a plurality of surface-increasing features provided on the front surface. Each of the surface-increasing features has a length of at least 1 mm measured from the front surface in a direction normal thereto. An air intake system having a collector connected to the deflector and positioned to collect at least some moisture from air flowing past the deflector is also described.

A transaxle for an electric vehicle includes a motor, an inverter chamber, an oil chamber, and a cooling liquid chamber. The inverter chamber accommodates an electronic component configured to control the motor. The oil chamber is configured to store an oil that serves as a refrigerant. A cooling liquid that cools the electronic component flows through the cooling liquid chamber. The inverter chamber includes a wall also serving as a wall of the cooling liquid chamber. The oil chamber includes a wall also serving as a wall of the cooling liquid chamber.

A drive apparatus includes a motor having a rotor with a hollow motor shaft and a stator, a gear connected to the rotor, a housing including a motor housing accommodating the motor, and a gear housing at one side in an axial direction of the motor housing and accommodating the gear, and a passage. The gear includes a hollow gear shaft connected to one side in the axial direction of the motor shaft. The passage includes a first portion connecting the inside of the gear housing and the inside of the gear shaft, a second portion at least partially configured by the inside of the gear shaft and the inside of the motor shaft and connected to the first portion, a third portion connected to the second portion on the other side in the axial direction, and a first supply portion connected to the third portion and above the stator.

The present disclosure provides a thermal management system for an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle may include a cabin, a battery system, a battery coolant loop including a battery coolant line thermally coupled to the battery system, a heat pump loop including a heat pump line thermally coupled to an internal heat exchanger, and a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger thermally coupled to the battery coolant loop and the heat pump loop. The thermal management system may be configured to provide heating or cooling to the cabin or battery system depending on an operating mode.