An energy coordination control method. The vehicle comprises an engine, a generator, a battery, a charger and an air conditioner. The generator is mechanically connected to the engine, the generator and the charger are both electrically connected to the battery, the battery is electrically connected to the air conditioner, and the generator is electrically connected to the air conditioner. The method comprises: when a charging signal is detected, controlling the charger to charge the battery, and monitoring an air conditioner signal of the air conditioner (S100); and if it is determined, according to the air conditioner signal, that the air conditioner has the demand for electricity, controlling the engine to start to drive the generator to supply power to the air conditioner (S200). An energy coordination control system, the vehicle, a computer processing device, a computer program and a computer-readable medium are further provided.

A controller, after a cumulative amount of energy consumed by at least one auxiliary load during travel of a vehicle along a route exceeds a predetermined amount of energy allocated for the at least one auxiliary load during travel of the vehicle along the route, reduces the power provided to the at least one auxiliary load from an energy storage arrangement.

An electrical system in a vehicle has a battery is configured to supply electrical current when a driver ignition key is in a Key-Off state. A. A plurality of electrical loads are each configurable to receive the electrical current flowing from the battery during the Key-Off state depending upon predetermined Key-Off-Load (KOL) Modes. A vehicle locator determines a geographic location of the vehicle. A sleep-time database records daily Key-On and Key-Off events according to changes between the Key-On state and the Key-Off state, wherein each Key-Off event is associated with a respective geographic location from the vehicle locator. An analyzer identifies Key-Off events sharing a repetitive time span and a common geographic location. A scheduler activates a timed KOL sequence according to the identified Key-Off events so that repetitive time slots of vehicle usage can be used to reduce battery drain during times when vehicle usage is less likely.

A temperature raising device includes an alternating current (AC) generation circuit including a first capacitor having a first end connected to a positive electrode side of a power storage having an inductance component, a second capacitor having a first end connected to a negative electrode side of the power storage, a parallel switch unit configured to connect the first capacitor and the second capacitor to the power storage in parallel, and a series switch unit configured to connect the first capacitor and the second capacitor to the power storage in series, and a controller configured to alternately switch the state between a first state in which the parallel switch unit is in a conductive state and the series switch unit is in a non-conductive state and a second state in which the parallel switch unit is in the non-conductive state and the series switch unit is in the conductive state.

Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for maintaining multi-axle drive capability in a vehicle, the method comprising: operating an internal combustion engine to provide a torque to a first axle of the vehicle, and to a first electric machine to generate electrical power; controlling the generation of electrical power by the first electric machine in dependence on a requirement for torque at a second axle of the vehicle; and operating a second electric machine to receive the electrical power generated by the first electric machine and provide the torque to the second axle.

A vehicle system is provided and includes a modular dynamically allocated capacity storage system (MODACS) and an active management module. The MODACS includes blocks of cells. The active management module is configured to: detect a first state of a first block of cells of the blocks of cells; determine whether a safety fault condition exists with the first block of cells based on the first state of the first block of cells; in response to detecting existence of the safety fault condition, isolate the first block of cells from other ones of the blocks of cells; subsequent to isolating the first block of cells, actively discharge and detect a second state of the first block of cells; and based on the second state, continue isolating the first block of cells or reconnecting the first block of cells such that the first block of cells is no longer isolated.

To provide a technique for reliably acquiring a required braking power during travel and for efficiently using a regenerative power generated during braking. A work vehicle calculates a regenerative power outputted from an electric motor and a target hydraulic driving power for driving a hydraulic pump, supplies the regenerative power to the generator motor operating as a motor and makes the generator motor consume the regenerative power in a case where the regenerative power is equal to or smaller than the target hydraulic driving power, and supplies the regenerative power to the generator motor operating as the motor and makes an exhaust brake consume a power equivalent to a difference between the regenerative power and the target hydraulic driving power in a case where the regenerative power is larger than the target hydraulic driving power.

A vehicle includes a main battery; an auxiliary battery; a plurality of loads connected to the main battery and auxiliary battery; a main controller configured to determine a total amount of available power according to an amount of available power of each of the main battery and the auxiliary battery; and a plurality of load controllers communicatively connected to the main controller and configured to receive the total amount of available power from the main controller and determine whether to operate each of the loads electrically connected to the load controllers based on the received total amount of available power, wherein the plurality of load controllers are configured to control to operate a load requiring an operation among the plurality of loads, when the total amount of available power determined by the main controller is greater than or equal to an amount of power required for the operation of the load requiring the operation.

A method for operating a motor vehicle by detecting a destination input by a motor vehicle occupant; and determining which residual range of the motor vehicle will be indicated at the destination. If the determined residual range is less than a predetermined threshold value, the motor vehicle is operated in a consumption optimizing mode during which the motor vehicle is operated to carry out automatic measures for reducing the consumption of the motor vehicle until reaching the destination.

A vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source can be configured for reduced fuel consumption at idle. The vehicle drive system includes an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the first prime mover. The control system causes fuel to be eliminated to the first prime mover while the vehicle is stopped and causes the electric motor to rotate the first prime mover at a speed, thereby reducing fuel consumption at idle for the vehicle.