Embodiments of the invention relate to a battery thermal management system for an electric vehicle and related method and vehicle control system. More specifically, the battery thermal management system comprises a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data packets, a control unit connected to the communication unit. The control unit is configured to retrieve vehicle diagnostic data from a plurality of electric vehicles, the data comprising a battery temperature. Furthermore, the control unit is configured to retrieve a planned route of a first vehicle, and environmental data associated with the planned route, determine a thermal management scheme for the first vehicle based on the vehicle diagnostic data and the environmental data. The thermal management scheme comprising instructions for controlling heating and/or cooling of the traction battery pack of the first vehicle. Embodiments of the invention enable precise predictions of the thermal load for traction batteries of electric vehicles, and therefore improved thermal management which reduces maintenance requirements and prolongs the expected lifetime of the electric vehicle.

Provided is a control device for controlling a flight vehicle including a battery; and an antenna for forming a communication area on the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area by using electric power of the battery. The control device comprises a control unit for performing control so as to reduce the number of cells included in the communication area when a predetermined condition is satisfied while the flight vehicle forms the communication area including a plurality of cells to provide wireless communication service for the user terminal.

A vehicle includes a battery pack as a temperature control target that needs to be subjected to temperature control, a radiator which is a heat exchanger configured such that a heating medium circulates between the battery pack and the heat exchanger, a cover member that covers the radiator and forms an upper surface of a vehicle body and of which the transparency is changeable, a solar radiation detection unit configured to detect solar radiation, and a controller that is able to change the transparency of the cover member based on the result of detection performed by the solar radiation detection unit.

A system and method for ranking or scoring charging stations and/or charging events or sessions, and/or performing actions based on the ranking or scoring is described. In some embodiments, a charging station ranking engine is configured to rank charging stations, or potential charging events, based on feedback received from users of the charging stations, such as drivers of electric vehicles, or other dynamically determined factors.

A vehicle includes: a first battery; a second battery; a solar cell; a power divider configured to transfer power produced by the solar cell to the first battery or transfer power produced by the solar cell to the second battery; and a controller configured to control the power divider to transfer the power produced by the solar cell to at least one of the first battery and the second battery based on a state of charge (SoC) of the first battery and a SoC of the second battery.

A vehicle includes a battery, a power supply device configured to supply charging power to the battery, a power generation device provided to be detachable, a battery sensor configured to sense a state of charge of the battery, and a controller configured to determine whether the power generation device is mounted based on the state of charge of the battery, adjust a charging target amount of the battery in a direction to decrease when the power generation device is mounted and control the power supply device while driving based on the adjusted charging target amount.

An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.

A vehicle can include: a solar charging panel mounted to the vehicle and configured to acquire solar energy for charging a battery of the vehicle; a communication module configured to collect weather information and date-and-time information at a plurality of positions along a traveling path from an origin to a destination; a storage configured to store road information; and a controller configured to calculate a solar charging energy of the traveling path by predicting a maximum solar charging energy to be charged through the solar charging panel based on the weather information collected at the plurality of positions along the traveling path, and to calculate a solar charging prediction amount based on the date-and-time information collected at the plurality of positions along the traveling path, an amount by which to reduce the solar charging energy determined according to the stored road information relating to the traveling path, and the predicted maximum solar charging energy.

A power management system includes a sensor interface that receives sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. A storage device stores the sensor data samples for multiple points in time along a route segment traveled by the vehicle. One or more processors analyze the sensor data samples to detect a historical pattern of the vehicle. The one or more processors determine time efficient operational parameters for the vehicle in response to a destination and an estimated travel time to the destination. The estimated travel time may be based on predicted conditions of the vehicle indicated by the historical pattern. The time efficient operational parameters may be selected to decrease the estimated travel time. At least one of the sensor data samples may include telemetry data.

A method and a control device determine a position-related braking ability of a vehicle. A first vehicle determines at least one piece of position-related information of a route section, the at least one piece of position-related information of the route section being information relating to the braking ability on the route section. The first vehicle transmits the at least one piece of position-related information to a receiver, the receiver being at least one second vehicle, whereby the braking curves of at least one rail vehicle are adapted according to the situation, thus allowing safety on the route section and the utilization of the section to be improved.