An exhaust gas system includes an arrangement for conveying an exhaust gas stream and a thermodynamic engine connected to the exhaust gas stream conveying arrangement for recovery of heat from the exhaust gas stream. The thermodynamic engine includes a working fluid circulation circuit. The exhaust gas system includes at least one working fluid release arrangement which is connected between the working fluid circulation circuit and the exhaust, gas conveying arrangement for releasing the working fluid from the working fluid circulation circuit to the exhaust gas conveying arrangement. The exhaust gas stream conveying arrangement includes at least one exhaust gas treatment unit. Further, the working fluid release arrangement is connected upstream of or directly to the exhaust gas treatment unit.

To provide drive torque control capable of avoiding acceleration failure even when a wheelie occurs. A drive torque control method for a vehicle detects or computes a wheelie amount of the vehicle, reduces drive torque that is applied to a rear wheel to be lower than the drive torque in a normal state when the wheelie occurs, and maintains or increases the drive torque when the wheelie amount is reduced.

To provide drive torque control capable of avoiding acceleration failure even when a wheelie occurs. A drive torque control method for a vehicle detects or computes a wheelie amount of the vehicle, reduces drive torque that is applied to a rear wheel to be lower than the drive torque in a normal state when the wheelie occurs, and maintains or increases the drive torque when the wheelie amount is reduced.

An on-vehicle structure includes a housing of a motor and a power control unit. The power control unit is fixed by a front bracket and a rear bracket above the housing. A space is defined between a lower surface of the power control unit and the housing. The front bracket includes a base section and a support section. The support section is configured to contact with the housing before the lower surface of the power control unit contacts with an upper surface of the housing when the support section is collapsed rearward by a load applied to the power control unit from front.

An on-vehicle structure includes a housing of a motor and a power control unit. The power control unit is fixed by a front bracket and a rear bracket above the housing. A space is defined between a lower surface of the power control unit and the housing. The front bracket includes a base section and a support section. The support section is configured to contact with the housing before the lower surface of the power control unit contacts with an upper surface of the housing when the support section is collapsed rearward by a load applied to the power control unit from front.

A rear collision guard for a vehicle having a battery disposed on an underbody wall that is supported by longitudinal rails. The guard comprises a pair of sidewalls that attach to the longitudinal rails through the underbody wall and extend longitudinally on right and left lateral sides of the battery. A channel is attached to a back-end of each of the sidewalls and is spaced behind the battery. An airbag is attached to a rearwardly facing surface of the channel and is operatively connected to an inflation system that inflates the airbag to expand rearwardly in a rear end collision.

A method for generating a signal for transferring a partly or highly automated vehicle into a safe system state at a target site. First, a need to transfer the vehicle into a safe system state is ascertained. A vehicle state is then determined, the vehicle state encompassing the current vehicle position. At least one target site is ascertained. Travel trajectories are ascertained from the current vehicle position to the at least one target site. The travel trajectories are related. One of the travel trajectories is selected based on the rating that has been carried out. A signal is generated on the basis of the selected travel trajectory.

A high-voltage motor vehicle electric system contains a high-voltage battery and a consumer network which are interconnected by an electric cable, and a quick-break switch for disconnecting the high-voltage battery from the consumer network. The quick-break switch receives an airbag signal. The airbag signal is used for actuating the quick-break switch to sever the electric cable supplying power to the consumer network.

A high-voltage motor vehicle electric system contains a high-voltage battery and a consumer network which are interconnected by an electric cable, and a quick-break switch for disconnecting the high-voltage battery from the consumer network. The quick-break switch receives an airbag signal. The airbag signal is used for actuating the quick-break switch to sever the electric cable supplying power to the consumer network.

A system for detecting a vehicular collision (i) receives occupant data from at least one internal sensor; (ii) receives external data from at least one external sensor; (iii) determines positional information for at least one occupant of a vehicle; and (iv) generates a virtual reconstruction of the vehicle collision. The virtual reconstruction indicates a severity of vehicle damage and a severity of injury to the at least one occupant caused by the vehicle collision. The system may also utilized vehicle occupant positional data, and internal and external sensor data to detect potential imminent vehicle collisions, take corrective actions, automatically engage autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle systems, and/or perform at least one action to reduce a severity of a potential injury.