A measurement of the rotation speed of an object is made using a time-of-flight sensor configured to detect a passing of one or more of elements of the object through a given position. The time-of-flight sensor is further mounted on a one-person vehicle configured to protect the one-person vehicle against collisions through the making a time-of-flight measurement of a relative speed between the one-person vehicle and an obstacle.

A drive control system for a front- and rear-wheel drive vehicle is provided. The drive control system is installed on the front- and rear-wheel drive vehicle, which is a two-wheeler equipped with a front wheel and a rear wheel both serving as driving wheels, one of which is a steered wheel. When the vehicle is banking, the drive control system performs control of decreasing target driving torque of the steered wheel according to an amount of accelerator operation during acceleration operation of a driver compared to when the vehicle is running upright.

A drive system, mountable onto a vehicle including a detachable rotational drive mechanism, for driving the rotational drive mechanism in accordance with a torque requirement. The drive system includes an engine that outputs first rotational power, and a generator that includes a rotor for receiving the first rotational power, a stator including a stator core with a winding wound thereon, a magnetic circuit for the winding passing through the stator core, and a supply current adjustment device for adjusting magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit for the winding, to thereby change an inductance of the winding to adjust an output current of the generator. The drive system further includes a motor driven by the outputted current of the generator to output second rotational power to the rotational drive mechanism, and a control device configured to control both the engine and the supply current adjustment device, in accordance with the torque requirement.

Disclosed is parallel hybrid drive for a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle, a method for operating a parallel hybrid drive in an all-electric mode, a method for operating a parallel hybrid drive in a direct drive mode, and a method for operating a parallel hybrid drive in a CVT mode. The drive for a motor vehicle includes an electric machine operable as a motor and generator, an internal combustion engine, a drive axle, and an epicyclic gear. The epicyclic gear includes: a first shaft connected to the electric machine; a second shaft connected to the internal combustion engine; and a third shaft connected to the drive axle. A clutch element is configured to firmly connect at least two shafts of the epicyclic gear to each other. A first brake element is configured to prevent rotation of the internal combustion engine in one direction of rotation.

Electric motor scooters are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electric motor scooter includes an electric drive, an electric battery, an actuation unit, and a control unit. The actuation unit may be brought in to one of a plurality of positions along an actuation distance, and the control unit is configured to selective a drive mode depending on the position of the actuation unit along the actuation distance. The drive modes include a recuperation mode, a coasting mode, an acceleration mode, and a boost mode. When in the recuperation mode, at least a portion of the energy generated in the electric drive may be delivered to the battery.

A method for lateral dynamic stabilization of a single-track motor vehicle while negotiating a curve,in which the presence of an unstable driving state in the vehicle lateral direction is detected andas a function thereof, for the stabilization of the motor vehicle, at least one nozzle is activated, through which a medium is emitted perpendicularly to the wheel plane of a vehicle wheel.

There may be provided a method for electrical scooter alert, the method may include sensing sensed information about an environment of a vehicle; detecting, based on the sensed information, a situation related to the environment; detecting, based on the sensed information, a electrical scooter within the environment; predicting, using a machine leaning process and based in the situation, a future behavior of the electrical scooter and an impact of the future behavior of the electrical scooter on a future progress of the vehicle; and responding to the predicting.

An improved cruise control system is configured to be retrofit with an electrical mobility scooter. The cruise control system has module that is a self-contained unit, comprising an assembly of electronic components and associated wiring, including a processor and memory with software for processing by the processor, which performs defined tasks, and which is linked with the scooter controller, power supply and scooter throttle control.

The present invention relates to a saddle-ride motorcycle (1) comprising at least one driving wheel (2) and a hybrid-type propulsion unit, wherein said propulsion unit comprises a thermal engine (10) and a transmission assembly (11) which mechanically connects the shaft (4) of said thermal engine (10) to the driving wheel (2). This transmission assembly (11) is at least partially housed in a first shell (200) and comprises at least one transmission shaft (15) which protrudes from the first shell (200) and is connected to the hub (21) of the driving wheel (2). The propulsion unit further comprises an electric machine (20) which can be operated in combination with or independently of the thermal combustion engine (10). According to the invention, the electric machine (20) is housed in a second shell (300) arranged inside the rim (22) of the driving wheel, wherein such second shell (300) is rigidly connected to the first shell (200) and is crossed by the transmission shaft (15). The electric machine (20) comprises a stator (24) which holds a fixed position inside the second shell (300) and a rotor (25) constrained to the transmission shaft (15) to rotate inside the second shell (300). The latter is configured to contain the stator (24) and the rotor (25).

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include determining the allocation of personal mobility vehicles. By monitoring personal mobility vehicles and determining, based on sensor data from the personal mobility vehicles, the current usage status of the personal mobility vehicles, a dynamic transportation matching system may improve the user experience of transportation requestors relinquishing custody of personal mobility vehicles. In addition, the dynamic transportation matching system may reduce transfer time between personal mobility vehicles and other modes of transportation and/or may improve the availability of personal mobility vehicles across a dynamic transportation network. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.