Provided are an automobile chassis integration control method and system. The control method includes the steps that: a cooperative control unit receives a first engine torque output by an EMS, a first engine torque limiting request output by a four-drive controller, a second engine torque limiting request output by an ESP, and a third engine torque limiting request output by a TCU from a CAN bus respectively; and the cooperative control unit cooperatively controls the first engine torque limiting request, the second engine torque limiting request, the third engine torque limiting request, and the first engine torque, and outputs a second engine torque as an engine execution torque.

A vehicle control system provided with a control device that includes a control lateral acceleration calculation unit that calculates a control lateral acceleration from a lateral acceleration obtained by using a planar two degrees of freedom model of a vehicle based on vehicle state information and disregarding a second order delay component determined from vehicle specifications, a steer drag differential value calculation unit that calculates a steer drag differential value, an additional deceleration calculation unit that calculates an additional deceleration to be applied to the vehicle according to the steer drag differential value, and an additional braking force calculation unit that calculates an additional braking force to be generated by the braking force generator according to the additional deceleration.

A vehicle includes a first axle have a first electric machine, a second axle having a second electric machine and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in a user-selected four-wheel drive mode, command a first torque to the first electric machine based on a driver-demanded torque and a speed of the second axle, and command a second torque to the second electric machine based on a comparison of the driver-demanded torque and the first torque and further based on a speed of the first axle.

Provided is a control apparatus for an electric vehicle, which is capable of suppressing simultaneous slip of front and rear wheels. The control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a control portion configured to control a front electric motor and a rear electric motor so that an achievement rate of a torque command with respect to a target torque in one motor of the front and rear electric motors is lower than the achievement rate in the other motor of the front and rear electric motors.

A yaw motion control method for a four-wheel distributed vehicle includes: calculating the steering response of the vehicle in a steady state using a nonlinear vehicle model in reference with an understeering degree while constraining by the limit value of the road surface adhesion condition according to the sideslip angle response and the vertical load change in the steady state, calculating the lateral force response and the self-aligning moment response of the tires in the steady state by a magic tire formula, calculating the required additional yaw moment by using the yaw motion balance equation, reasonably distributing the generalized control force to the four drive motors through the optimization algorithm in combination with the current driving conditions; finally, off-line storing and retrieving the calculation results of the off-line distribution of different vehicle parameters required by different upper layers to distribute the torques to the four drive wheels.

A method of controlling a vehicle when the vehicle passes over a speed bump, may include: dividing sections of the road into a first section within a first time period before the front wheel of the vehicle collides with the speed bump, a second section while the front wheel collides with the speed bump, a third section within a second time period before the rear wheel collides with the speed bump, and a fourth section while the rear wheel collides with the speed bump; and controlling and distributing at least one of suspension damping force, driving power and braking force to the front wheel and the rear wheel for each of the first section, the second section, the third section and the fourth section to reduce the amount of impact to be applied when the vehicle collides with the speed bump and to reduce a vertical motion of the vehicle that occurs while the vehicle goes over the speed bump.

An orientation control device serving as a control device includes: an orientation control unit configured to, in a case where a vehicle is stopped on a slope road by applying braking force to a front wheel and a rear wheel, instruct a braking device to decrease front wheel braking force and rear wheel braking force and execute orientation control for instructing a drive device to increase drive force of the vehicle in a range in which a stop state of the vehicle is maintained; and a braking increase instruction unit configured to execute braking increase control for instructing the braking device to increase the braking force of at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel after the increase in the drive force of the vehicle in accordance with the execution of the orientation control is ended.

Systems and methods are provided herein for operating a vehicle in a K-turn mode. The K-turn mode is engaged in response to determining that an amount that at least one of the front wheels of the vehicle is turned exceeds a turn threshold. While operating in the K-turn mode, forward torque is provided to the front wheels of the vehicle. Further, backward torque is provided to the rear wheels of the vehicle. Yet further, the rear wheels of the vehicle remain substantially in static contact with a ground while the front wheels slip in relation to the ground.

A vehicle controlling apparatus includes first and second slip determining units, first and second slip controllers, and a target torque corrector. The first slip controller is configured to maintain a slip rate of a first drive wheel at a predetermined slip rate, in a case where an execution condition of a first slip control is determined by the first slip determining unit as being satisfied. The second slip controller is configured to maintain a slip rate of a second drive wheel at a predetermined slip rate, in a case where an execution condition of a second slip control is determined by the second slip determining unit as being satisfied. The target torque corrector is configured to decrease a target torque of a second motor, in a case where the execution condition of the first slip control is satisfied and where the execution condition of the second slip control is unsatisfied.

An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; motor control electronics; sensors; and wheels, where the wheels include a first wheel and a second wheel, where the second wheel has a radius at least 7% greater than a radius of the first wheel, and where the motor control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the second wheel than to the first wheel.