A system and a method of controlling a solar roof of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a solar cell panel and a controller that controls charging of a main battery and an auxiliary battery using power generated from the solar cell panel. A light amount sensor senses the amount of light collected in the solar cell panel and a temperature sensor measures a surface temperature of the solar cell panel.

The present invention provides a power supply method and system for a hydrogen fuel cell stack, and a hydrogen powered motorcycle and a driving method and system thereof, the power supply method includes: a control chip detecting the operating states of the hydrogen fuel cell stack and the lithium battery pack; when the hydrogen fuel cell stack and the lithium battery pack are free of faults, obtaining the output voltage of the lithium battery pack; when the output voltage is lower than the charge-on threshold, the hydrogen fuel cell stack powering the lithium battery pack; when the output voltage is higher than the charge-stop threshold, disconnecting the circuit of the hydrogen fuel cell stack powering the lithium battery pack, when the output voltage is more than or equal to the charge-on threshold and less than or equal to the charge-stop threshold, the circuit of the hydrogen fuel cell stack remaining to power the lithium battery pack; and when the output voltage is higher than the charge-stop threshold, disconnecting the circuit oi the hydrogen fuel cell stack powering the lithium battery pack. The aforementioned technical solution uses hydrogen energy as the electrical energy powering the motorcycle as much as possible under the protection of the hydrogen fuel cell stack.

A method for controlling a lower limit of a state-of-charge state of a power battery, and a vehicle are provided, the method includes: detecting, by a detection unit, a minimum ambient temperature and a minimum power battery temperature in at least one time period; evaluating, by an evaluation unit, a minimum power battery temperature in a preset time period after the at least one time period according to the minimum ambient temperature and the minimum power battery temperature in the at least one time period; determining, by a processing unit, a minimum state-of-charge value that meets a start-up power requirement of a vehicle engine at the minimum power battery temperature in the preset time period, and adjusting a lower limit value of the state-of-charge according to the minimum state-of-charge value, in order that the vehicle can be powered-up by a state-of-charge value of the power battery at low temperature environment.

A method of operating an electric power system, which may include: determining a charge state of a first battery unit and a charge state of a second battery unit; determining a difference between the charge state of the first battery unit and the charge state of the second battery unit; and determining whether to enable discharging simultaneously of both the first battery unit and the second battery unit, or to enable discharging of one of the first and second battery units, based on the difference between the charge state of the first battery unit and the charge state of the second battery unit. At least one of the first and second battery units may be a swappable battery unit. The disclosure further relates to an electric power system and to a computer executable code including instructions for operating an electric power system.

A method of operating an electric power system, which may include: determining a charge state of a first battery unit and a charge state of a second battery unit; determining a difference between the charge state of the first battery unit and the charge state of the second battery unit; and determining whether to enable discharging simultaneously of both the first battery unit and the second battery unit, or to enable discharging of one of the first and second battery units, based on the difference between the charge state of the first battery unit and the charge state of the second battery unit. At least one of the first and second battery units may be a swappable battery unit. The disclosure further relates to an electric power system and to a computer executable code including instructions for operating an electric power system.

A method for operating a processor controlling a dual battery mounted on a hybrid electric vehicle, includes opening a relay positioned between a first battery for a load and a second battery for starting, and checking whether the attempt to start is successful when an attempt to start the hybrid electric vehicle is detected, closing the relay so that the first battery and the second battery are electrically connected in parallel when the processor concludes that the attempt to start is unsuccessful, and charging the second battery by entering the second battery into a charging mode when a reattempt to start the hybrid electric vehicle is successful.

A proposal system includes a processor. The processor is configured to propose to a user of a battery electric vehicle a rental vehicle the user is able to use during charging of an energy storage device mounted on the battery electric vehicle in order to allow the user to use the battery electric vehicle in a charged state in which the energy storage device has been charged.

A proposal system includes a processor. The processor is configured to propose to a user of a battery electric vehicle a rental vehicle the user is able to use during charging of an energy storage device mounted on the battery electric vehicle in order to allow the user to use the battery electric vehicle in a charged state in which the energy storage device has been charged.

A battery management device manages a battery including a plurality of battery cells in which a change in OCV relative to a change in SOC is smaller in a first SOC range than in a second SOC range. The battery management device is configured to: accumulate a current flowing in each battery cell to calculate the SOC of the battery cell; when the calculated SOC has stayed in the first SOC range for a predetermined period or more, control the cell balancing circuits in such a way that the SOC of a target battery cell selected from the battery cell s falls within the second SOC range; and calculate the SOC of the target battery cell based on the relationship between the SOC and the OCV in the second SOC range and correct the SOC of each battery cell by the amount of correction obtained based on the calculated SOC.

A battery management device manages a battery including a plurality of battery cells in which a change in OCV relative to a change in SOC is smaller in a first SOC range than in a second SOC range. The battery management device is configured to: accumulate a current flowing in each battery cell to calculate the SOC of the battery cell; when the calculated SOC has stayed in the first SOC range for a predetermined period or more, control the cell balancing circuits in such a way that the SOC of a target battery cell selected from the battery cell s falls within the second SOC range; and calculate the SOC of the target battery cell based on the relationship between the SOC and the OCV in the second SOC range and correct the SOC of each battery cell by the amount of correction obtained based on the calculated SOC.