A vehicle power supply system is configured to supply power to a vehicle from a power supply apparatus laid on a power supply lane of a vehicle travel path, the power supply apparatus includes a plurality of power supply segments laid in a preset interval along the power supply lane, and a controller configured to control the plurality of power supply segments. The controller is configured to estimate timing of the vehicle reaching a next power supply segment that supplies power next after a present power supply segment that is supplying power, from at least a vehicle velocity derived from a change in position of the vehicle, and cause the next power supply segment to start power supply at the timing estimated.

A vehicle control device includes a main control device that includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a peripheral situation of a vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle independently from an operation of a driver of the vehicle, and a mode determination unit configured to determine a driving mode of the vehicle to be one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, and to change the driving mode of the vehicle to a driving mode with a heavier task load when the second driving mode is a driving mode in which a task load imposed on the driver is lighter than in the first driving mode, at least a part of the plurality of driving modes including the second driving mode is controlled by the driving control unit, and a predetermined condition is satisfied, a sub-control device that has the same configuration as the main control device, and is capable of controlling the vehicle in place of the main control device, and a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the second battery that is different from the first battery supplying power to the main control device and supplies power to the sub-control device, in which the mode determination unit changes the driving mode of the vehicle from the second driving mode to the first driving mode when a temperature of the second battery is lower than a predetermined temperature.

A hybrid driving apparatus includes an internal combustion engine, a motive power transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force to main driving wheels, a main driving electric motor generating a driving force of the main driving wheels, an accumulator, sub-driving electric motors generating driving forces of sub-driving wheels, and a control apparatus executing an electric motor traveling mode and an internal combustion engine traveling mode. The sub-driving electric motor is provided to each of the sub-driving wheels, the control apparatus causes only the main driving electric motor to generate the driving force in the electric motor traveling mode and causes the main driving electric motor and the sub-driving electric motors to generate the driving forces in acceleration of the vehicle at a predetermined vehicle speed or higher, and although the engine generates the driving force, it does not cause the motors to generate driving forces in the traveling mode.

A device for controlling sudden unintended acceleration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor for detecting a current acceleration of a vehicle, a first controller that calculates a motor torque command value for driving a motor, calculates an expected acceleration of the vehicle based on the motor torque command value, and compares the expected acceleration with the current acceleration, and a second controller that compares the motor torque command value with a preset value. Therefore, the device may determine a cause of the sudden unintended acceleration and block the sudden unintended acceleration based on the determination result to improve safety of a driver.

The invention relates to a control system for controlling a torque generator of a vehicle. The control system is configured to receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand; select a surface type from a plurality of predetermined surface types based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; determine a target vehicle deceleration in dependence on the selected surface type; determine, based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand, a requirement to decelerate the vehicle; and in dependence on determining said requirement, output a control signal to the torque generator. The control signal is configured to cause the torque generator to provide the target vehicle deceleration.

A control method for an electric vehicle according to the present embodiment is a control method for an electric vehicle in which an electric motor 4 is used as a traveling drive source and deceleration is performed by a regenerative braking force of the electric motor 4. The control method includes: acquiring an accelerator operation amount; acquiring a total mass M{circumflex over ( )} of the electric vehicle; estimating a disturbance torque acting on the electric vehicle; acquiring an angular velocity of a rotary body correlated with a rotation velocity of a driving shaft 8 for driving the electric vehicle; estimating a vehicle body speed of the electric vehicle by using a transmission characteristic Gp(s) from the angular velocity of the rotary body to a speed of the electric vehicle; calculating a second torque target value Tm2 (torque specified value) for the electric motor 4 based on the acquired total mass M{circumflex over ( )} of the electric vehicle; and controlling, based on the second torque target value Tm2, a torque generated in the electric motor 4. The control method further includes: converging the second torque target value Tm2 to a disturbance torque Td as an estimated vehicle body speed V decreases, when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value and the electric vehicle stops.

A vehicle braking energy recovering method includes obtaining current location information of a vehicle, determining a current road scenario based on the current location information of the vehicle, determining the current road scenario based on a mapping relationship between a road scenario and a weight, determining a safe distance and a safe speed of the vehicle based on the weight, determining a target torque based on the safe distance and the safe speed of the vehicle, and controlling, based on the target torque, a motor of the vehicle to recover braking energy.

Systems and method are provided for detecting an anomaly of a sensor of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of sensor correlation groups based on vehicle dynamics; processing a subset of signals based on the sensor correlation groups to determine when an anomaly exists; processing the subset of signals based on the sensor correlation group to determine which sensor of the sensor correlation group is anomalous; and generating notification data based on the sensor of the correlation group that is anomalous.

A method is provided for charging a battery-operated vehicle having a chargeable traction energy store and a system for autonomously guiding the vehicle with a charging vehicle having an energy generator and/or an energy store. The method forms at least one electrical coupling between the battery-operated vehicle and the charging vehicle via an autonomous driving manoeuver of the battery-operated vehicle and/or the charging vehicle. A charging of the traction energy store of the battery-operated vehicle occurs via the energy generator and/or the energy store of the charging vehicle during the driving of the paired battery-operated vehicle and charging vehicle.

A method and an apparatus for vehicle control, a storage medium, an electronic device, and a computer program are provided. The method is applicable to a vehicle and includes: acquiring a target deceleration, if the vehicle is traveling on a road section; and performing the braking energy recovery according to the target deceleration, if the vehicle receives a brake instruction and triggers the braking energy recovery. For each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, the target deceleration is determined by a plurality of history decelerations of each vehicle when traveling on the road section and triggering a braking energy recovery.