A motor-driven vehicle includes: a motor for traveling; an inverter that drives the motor; and a controller configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the motor-driven vehicle at a target parking position without depending on a user's vehicle operation, and prohibit or stop the automatic parking control when a load limitation ratio is less than a threshold value, the load limitation ratio indicating a limitation level of a torque which is able to be output from the motor in response to a required torque for the motor.

A system for controlling movement of a vehicle includes a user input device and computing system. The user input device dynamically controls a settings or balance of driving dynamics in a vehicle, and the user input device is configured to receive a manual input from a user. The computing system controls the settings of the vehicle driving dynamics and/or balance of the vehicle, the computing system is in data communication with the user input device and configured to change the driving dynamics balance proportionately to the manual input upon receiving an input command based on the manual input from the user input device.

A method and system for operating a multi-mode electro-mechanical infinitely variable transmission (EMIVT) that is coupled to an engine and includes two electric machines is described. In one example, operating modes of the two electric machines are controlled without regard to vehicle speed and system conditions that are external to the two electric machines.

A method for controlling a vehicle on a mission, the vehicle comprising a first and a second power source for driving the vehicle itself, wherein the first power source comprises an engine configured to generate power from fuel and an after treatment system coupled to the combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of solving a convex first optimal control problem based on a mathematical model of the vehicle, the first optimal control problem involving state variables for the after treatment system, a set of constraints, and a cost function having control variables that include a discrete variable and a continuous variable; the solving including an initial determination of the discrete variable and a iterative execution of minimizing the cost function after replacement of the discrete variable with respect to the continuous variable, updating the discrete variable, and verifying the satisfaction of a convergence criterion.

A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle executes an engine starting process when an execution condition for starting an engine is satisfied. The engine starting process includes a first starting process that drives a motor generator to crank the engine and a second starting process that is executed when the first starting process failed to start the engine. The second starting process includes suspending supply of power to the motor generator and then driving the motor generator to crank the engine. The controller performs a counting process that counts an occurrence of execution of the second starting process after the first starting process failed to start the engine. When the counted occurrence is greater than or equal to a determination threshold value, the controller prohibits operation of an idle reduction system of the engine even if the second starting process successfully started the engine.

An electrified vehicle may include an engine, an electric machine selectively coupled to the engine, a high-voltage traction battery electrically coupled to the electric machine and configured to selectively propel the electrified vehicle, an on-board generator including an inverter electrically coupled to the high-voltage traction battery and configured to convert direct current input to alternating current output, power outlets configured to receive power from the inverter of the on-board generator, a user interface, and a controller programmed to control the engine, the electric machine, and the high-voltage traction battery to provide power to on-board generator and to control the inverter to limit the power output by the inverter to the power outlets to one of a user-specified power limit based on input from the user interface, a powertrain power limit associated with the engine, the electric machine, and the high-voltage traction battery, and an inverter hardware power limit.

Technologies and techniques for determining power parameters of at least one radio system arranged in or on a vehicle. A rotatable platform may be provided for receiving and rotating the vehicle, as well as a simulation antenna, a base station emulator connected to the simulation antenna, at least one test antenna, and at least one test device, connected to the at least one test antenna and/or to the simulation antenna, for determining at least one power parameter of the at least one radio system depending on a rotation angle of the vehicle. The simulation antenna includes at least three antennas which, in respect of a rotation axis of the rotatable platform, are arranged at identical angular distances over an entire angular range about the rotatable platform. Aspects also relate to methods for determining power parameters of at least one radio system arranged in or on a vehicle.

A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle includes processing circuitry configured to execute a manual filter regeneration process when satisfying a condition including that execution of the manual filter regeneration process is requested to decrease a PM deposit amount on the filter and that the hybrid electric vehicle is in a stopped state. In the manual filter regeneration process, when a state of charge of the battery becomes less than a discharge threshold value, an output of an internal combustion engine is converted to electric power for charging the battery while the filter is supplied with oxygen from the engine. Further, when the state of charge of the battery becomes greater than or equal to a charge threshold value that is greater than or equal to the discharge threshold value, an output shaft of the engine is rotated with the motor to supply the filter with oxygen from the engine.

A vehicle includes a chassis, an engine coupled to the chassis, a power source coupled to the chassis, and a track assembly. The track assembly includes an electric motor coupled to the chassis, a first drive wheel coupled to the electric motor and pivotally coupled to the chassis, a second drive wheel coupled to the engine and pivotally coupled to the chassis, and a track engaging the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel. The engine is configured to provide mechanical energy to the second drive wheel to drive the track and propel the vehicle. The electric motor is configured to receive electrical energy from the power source and provide mechanical energy to the first drive wheel to drive the track and propel the vehicle.

A control system controls power supply in a vehicle. The control system includes sub-power managers and an integrated power manager. The sub-power managers control respective output power of a plurality of subsystems that actualize functions of the vehicle. The integrated power manager performs integrated control of output power in the overall vehicle by exchanging information with the plurality of sub-power managers. The information that is exchanged between the plurality of sub-power managers and the integrated power manager includes information that enables calculation of a physical quantity that is expressed by at least either of a power dimension and an energy dimension.