This disclosure describes vehicle systems and methods for providing active driver feedback during electrified vehicle operation. An exemplary method provides haptic feedback of a driving behavior through a smart device worn by a driver of the electrified vehicle during a braking or acceleration event of an electrified vehicle.

A travel control system for a vehicle and the vehicle includes a battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery, a current sensor configured to detect a current that is charged and discharged to and from the battery, and a first control device that monitors a state of the battery. The travel control system includes a rotary electric machine configured to consume electric power to generate a driving force and configured to generate electric power, a power conversion device electrically connected between the battery and the rotary electric machine and a second control device.

An OTA manager, when an activation switch of a vehicle is OFF, transmits a unique identifier of each electronic control unit acquired before the activation switch was switched from ON to OFF to an OTA server via a communication line and receives update data from the OTA server via the communication line, and after the activation switch was switched from OFF to ON, the OTA manager makes a comparison between the identifiers transmitted to the OTA server before the activation switch was switched from OFF to ON and the identifiers acquired after the activation switch was switched from OFF to ON.

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.

An efficiency-based powertrain control system and method to provide real-time optimization of powertrain efficiency for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

Systems and methods are provided for presenting in a hybrid electric vehicle display, proximate to or in some relation to each other, engine power usage, motor-generator power usage, and battery state of charge information. By combining the display of engine power usage, motor-generator power, and battery state of charge information, power distribution and related information may be presented to the operator of a vehicle to explain the vehicle's performance from a power split output and usage perspective. This can provide reassurance or confirmation that the vehicle is operating as it should, identify a problematic condition, etc.

Systems and methods are provided for presenting in a hybrid electric vehicle display, proximate to or in some relation to each other, engine power usage, motor-generator power usage, and battery state of charge information. By combining the display of engine power usage, motor-generator power, and battery state of charge information, power distribution and related information may be presented to the operator of a vehicle to explain the vehicle's performance from a power split output and usage perspective. This can provide reassurance or confirmation that the vehicle is operating as it should, identify a problematic condition, etc. Sometimes, the motor-generator power usage may be presented as boost power, where motor-generator power can augment engine power.

A control system for a vehicle having a first wheel (101) arranged to be driven by a first drive source and a second wheel (101) arranged to be driven by a second drive source, wherein the first wheel and the second wheel are transversely located on the vehicle, the control system comprising a controller (102) and a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is arranged to monitor the power differential between the power being applied to the first wheel by the first drive source and the power being applied to the second wheel by the second drive source, wherein upon a determination that the power differential between the power being applied to the first wheel and the second wheel is greater than a predetermined value, the controller is arranged to reduce the power differential.

A vehicle includes a connecting shaft, a drive axle, a multi-mode transmission, and a controller. The multi-mode transmission includes a first gear set having a first planetary gear carrier and a second gear set having a second planetary gear carrier, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator electrically coupled to the first motor/generator and coupled to the second gear set, a brake selectively limiting movement of a portion of the second gear set, and a clutch selectively rotationally coupling the second motor/generator to the connecting shaft. The first gear set is coupled to the connecting shaft, and the planetary gear carriers are rotatably coupled. The controller is configured to selectively configure the multi-mode transmission into an active neutral startup mode of operation by engaging the clutch and the brake such that at least one of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator produces a voltage.

A method of controlling the hybrid vehicle in which electric power of the battery and electric power generated by an electric generator are supplied to a drive device, a running load of the drive motor is estimated on the basis of the driver's requirement, and a first distance to empty that allows for running in a state where the estimated running load is fulfilled is calculated on the basis of an amount of charge remaining in the battery and an amount of fuel remaining used to drive the fuel cell. Then, a required running distance is estimated on the basis of the driver's requirement, and, on the basis of the first distance to empty and the required running distance, a necessary energy replenishment operation is notified to the driver.