A vehicle includes a first axle provided with at least a pair of first wheels, and a second axle provided with at least a pair of second wheels. The second axle is a steered axle allowing said second wheels to be turned. At least one first electric machine provides propulsion torque to the first axle. At least one second electric machine provides propulsion torque to the second axle. A control unit is configured to control the first and second electric machines, wherein the control unit is configured to limit the propulsion torque provided by said at least one second electric machine in dependence of a current state of the second axle.

A system includes a reference speed module and a motor control module. The reference speed module is configured to determine a reference speed range based on a speed of a left wheel of a pair of front or rear wheels of a vehicle and a speed of a right wheel of the pair of front or rear wheels. The right wheel is disconnected from the left wheel. The motor control module is configured to control at least one of a first electric motor and a second electric motor based on the reference speed range. The first electric motor is connected to the left wheel. The second electric motor is connected to the right wheel.

A control device for a transport vehicle configured to travel with a driving force output from an electric motor is provided. When the transport vehicle is driven by a driving force of the electric motor and a variation rate is equal to or less than a predetermined value while a parameter relating to a traveling speed of the transport vehicle is less than a first predetermined value, the control device sets a threshold value, at which an output limit of the electric motor is started based on a parameter relating to a temperature of the electric motor or a temperature of an electric device for driving the electric motor, to a variable value corresponding to a required driving force to the transport

A vehicle control device is provided, which includes a drive source configured to generate torque as driving force of a vehicle, a transmission torque control mechanism configured to control transmission torque to drive wheels according to the generated torque, and a processor configured to execute a vehicle attitude controlling module to perform a vehicle attitude control by controlling the transmission torque control mechanism to reduce the transmission torque so as to decelerate the vehicle when a starting condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value increases is satisfied, and then, when a given terminating condition is satisfied, controlling the mechanism to resume the transmission torque back to the torque before being reduced. The transmission torque is controlled so as to cause a yaw rate that occurs in the vehicle while the vehicle attitude control is performed, to be lower than an upper limit yaw rate.

A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, which has an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a gearshift transmission. A drive shaft of the internal combustion engine can be coupled by a shift clutch to a motor shaft of the electric motor and the motor shaft is coupled to a transmission input shaft of the gearshift transmission. A driven shaft of the drive device is coupled to or can be coupled to a transmission output shaft of the gearshift transmission. In a first shifting state, the shift clutch is disengaged for decoupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor and, in a second shifting state, is engaged for coupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor.

A parallel charging and power supply system for a battery electric vehicle comprises a battery unit, a battery management system, a vehicle control unit, a motor controller and a motor, wherein a corresponding signal output end and a signal input end of the battery management system are respectively connected with a corresponding signal input end and a signal output end of the battery unit; the motor controller is respectively connected with a power output end of the battery unit, a power input end of the motor and a signal output end of the motor; a signal input end of the vehicle control unit is respectively connected with the corresponding signal output ends of the battery management system and the motor controller.

A hybrid powertrain includes an engine having a crankshaft and a throttle body, and an electric machine having a rotor selectively coupled to the crankshaft via a disconnect clutch. A transmission of the powertrain includes a torque converter having an impeller fixed to the rotor, a turbine disposed on an input shaft of the transmission, and a bypass clutch configured to selectively transmit torque from the impeller to the turbine. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to the bypass clutch being open or slipping and the disconnect clutch being closed, command a throttle position of the throttle body based on an error between measured and estimated speeds of the impeller.

The control device for the electric vehicle determines whether or not the starting operation of the vehicle has been performed by the driver, calculates the disturbance torque estimated value Td necessary for maintaining the vehicle stop state corresponding to the disturbance acting on the vehicle, and performs a control such that the driving torque of the motor converges to the disturbance torque estimated value Td when the vehicle is determined to be just before stop of the vehicle during running or determined to have undergone the starting operation. Then, the control device for the electric vehicle controls the responsiveness of the driving torque to the disturbance acting on the vehicle, and increases the responsiveness of the driving torque of the motor compared with the responsiveness of the driving torque just before stop of the vehicle when the starting operation is determined to have been performed.

The invention relates to the field of electrical engineering. An electricity supply system for a transport vehicle contains an electric network (1) with negative and positive wires, to which are connected an accumulator battery (2) and an electric starter (3); a capacitor bank (4); a bidirectional converter (5), which is connected between the capacitor bank and the electric network; a regulator (6); and a temperature sensor (11). Voltage from the capacitor bank is fed to an input (10) of the regulator, an additional input (12) of the regulator is connected to the temperature sensor, and outputs of the regulator are connected to control inputs (7, 8, 9) of the bidirectional converter, which bidirectional converter, in accordance with a signal at the control inputs, is capable of changing the parameters of its own volt-ampere characteristics at the outputs on the side of the electric network. The regulator is carried out in a way that the maximum current flowing from the bidirectional converter to the electric network is a decreasing function of the temperature-sensor temperature. The invention extends the service life of an electric starter and enhances the reliability of an electricity supply system.

A control apparatus of a vehicle that is provided with a drive wheel, a drive unit configured to generate, on a basis of a torque command, power directed to running, and a power transmitter configured to transmit the power derived from the drive unit to the drive wheel. The control apparatus is mounted on the vehicle and includes a resonance controller and a resonance switcher. The resonance controller is configured to output the torque command, and control resonance of the power transmitter by utilizing the torque command. The resonance switcher is configured to switch a state of the resonance controller between a resonance-restraining state that restrains the resonance and a resonance-generating state that generates the resonance.