A saddle-ride motorcycle comprises a drive wheel and a hybrid-type propulsion unit. The propulsion unit comprises a thermal combustion engine which includes a drive shaft, a first transmission assembly mechanically connecting the drive shaft to the drive wheel and an electric machine which can be operated independently of/in combination with the thermal combustion engine. The propulsion unit further comprises a second transmission assembly mechanically connecting a rotor of the electric machine to the drive wheel and separated from the first transmission assembly. The motorcycle also comprises a support bracket shaped to rotatably support the drive wheel and having the electric machine mounted thereon. The rotation axis of the rotor of the electric machine is parallel with respect to a rotation axis of the drive wheel. Furthermore, the rotation axis of the rotor is placed in an offset position with respect to the rotation axis of the drive wheel.

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.

A vehicle including an engine, a generator, a motor, a driving member and a control device. The generator includes a rotor, a stator having a stator core with a winding wound thereon, and an inductance adjustment device that changes an inductance of the winding by changing magnetic resistance of a magnetic circuit for the winding that passes through the stator core. The current adjustment device adjusts a current outputted from the generator to the motor, which drives the driving member. The control device, upon receiving a request for increasing the current to be supplied to the motor, directs the inductance adjustment device to adjust the generator to operate in a state in which the inductance of the winding is low, directs the engine to increase a rotation speed thereof to increase the rotational power, and directs the current adjustment device to increase the output current of the generator.

A vehicle includes a vehicle body, an electromotive driving unit mounted on the vehicle body, an engine operable with a liquid fuel, a generator that generates electric power, and a control device including a power generation control unit and an electric power output unit. The power generation control unit outputs a signal for controlling the engine and the generator, the electric power output unit outputting electric power generated by the generator to the electromotive driving unit. The control device in combination with the engine and the generator constitutes a physically integrated unit that is mountable to and dismountable from the vehicle body. The control device is configured to output a store visit promotion signal to an informing device while the physically integrated unit is mounted on the vehicle body, to prompt a visit to a store where the physically integrated unit is replaceable.

A transmission for outputting a rotational torque in accordance with a torque requirement. The transmission includes a generator, a motor and a control device. The generator includes a rotor configured to receive first rotational power from an engine, 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 configured to adjust magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit for the winding, to thereby change an inductance of the winding to adjust a current outputted by the generator. The motor is driven by the current outputted from the generator, to thereby output second rotational power. The control device controls the supply current adjustment device to change the inductance of the winding, in accordance with the torque requirement.

A current supply system configured to receive a rotational driving force and supply a current for driving an electrical load device in accordance with a current requirement. The current supply system includes a rotor, including a permanent magnet, configured to receive the rotational driving force, and a stator including a stator core with a winding wound thereon, a magnetic circuit for the winding passing through the stator core, the rotational driving force causing the rotor and the stator to generate the current. The current supply system further includes a supply current adjustment device configured to change magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit for the winding in accordance with the current requirement, to thereby change an inductance of the winding to adjust the generated current.

A system for controlling a smart mobility by risk level includes: an information collection unit to collect position and speed information of the smart mobility and camera sensing information including a front traffic sign or object; a front detection unit to detect a front obstacle or inclination using the camera sensing information and to output a detection result; a control unit to change a warning to a user and/or a method of controlling the smart mobility by risk level based on the information collected by the information collection unit and the detection result; and a warning unit to warn the user by changing a method by risk level under the control of the control unit.

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 transport vehicle (1) comprising:a heat engine (8) operable at a number of revolutions varying between a minimum number and a maximum number;an adjusting device (52) configured to adjust an infeed flow of air-fuel mixture to the heat engine (8);at least one on-board memory unit (61) in which an acoustic emission map (70) of the transport vehicle (1) is stored, wherein for each data pair comprising a first data item correlated to an operating condition of the adjusting device (52) and a second data item correlated to the number of engine revolutions, the acoustic emission map (70) associates, as a function of the first data item and as a function of the second data item, a third data item correlated to an acoustic emission measurement by at least one acoustic sensor (S1) external to the transport vehicle (1) and arranged at a separation distance from the transport vehicle (1).

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.