Systems and methods are provided herein for operating a vehicle in a front dig mode. The front dig mode is engaged in response to determining that speed of the vehicle is below a speed threshold and determining that the amount that at least one of the front wheels of the vehicle is turned exceeds a turn threshold. While operating in the front dig mode, forward torque is provided to the front wheels of the vehicle. Further, resistance is applied to forward rotation of the inner back wheel of the vehicle. Yet further, forward torque is provided to the outer back wheel of the vehicle.

A control device of an automatic drive vehicle includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires power generator information as information on a power generator provided in the automatic drive vehicle; an operation control unit that switches between a first state in which automatic driving of the automatic drive vehicle is executed without restriction and a second state in which the automatic driving is partially or entirely restricted; and a determination unit that determines whether to perform switching to the second state by the operation control unit.

A parking assist system moves a vehicle autonomously from a current position to a target position. The parking assist system includes: a driving device configured to drive the vehicle; a control device configured to execute a setting process to set the target position and a driving process to control the driving device; a setting reception switch configured to receive an operation for starting the setting process; a driving reception switch configured to receive an operation for starting the driving process; a brake input member sensor configured to detect an input operation of a brake input member. The control device starts the setting process after the setting reception switch is operated, and starts the driving process on condition that a prescribed operation is performed when the driving reception switch is operated. The prescribed operation includes the input operation on the brake input member.

A vehicle includes an engine having auto-stop and auto-start conditions. The vehicle additionally includes a braking system having an auto-hold function. The auto-hold function is configured to, after braking the vehicle to a full stop, automatically apply braking torque independent of a brake pedal position. The vehicle further includes a controller configured to, in response to the engine being in the auto-stop condition, the auto-hold function automatically applying braking torque, and a gear shifter being moved out of a gear other than PARK, maintain the engine in the auto-stop condition.

A control method and system for a hybrid vehicle with a DCT is provided. The method includes monitoring whether clutch stuck off is sensed and requesting prohibition of regenerative braking by a driving motor and requesting braking control using mechanical braking force to a higher controller when clutch stuck off is sensed. A driving mode is then changed into a single clutch driving mode, in which a vehicle is driven in gear stages realized by a clutch other than the clutch in which the clutch stuck off occurred and the higher controller is requested to prohibit regenerative braking by the driving motor, when clutch stuck off has occurred. Additionally, the higher controller is requested to obtain the braking force for the vehicle from mechanical braking force is response to determining that single clutch shifting has been performed and braking is required.

An arrival time of a primary vehicle to arrive at a stopping location is predicted based a current path of the primary vehicle. A predicted transit time period of a secondary vehicle to move to the stopping location is received. Upon determining that a current time is a time that is the predicted transit time period subtracted from the arrival time, a message is sent from the primary vehicle to the secondary vehicle instructing the secondary vehicle to move to the stopping location.

A method for ascertaining a physical property of an object. The method includes detecting, for each input point in time of a sequence of input points in time, sensor data including information about a physical object, using an event-based sensor; for each subsequence of a breakdown of the sequence of input points in time into multiple subsequences including: feeding the sensor data detected for the input points in time of the subsequence to a pulsed neural network which generates a first processing result of the subsequence; feeding the processing result of the subsequence to a non-pulsed neural network; and processing the processing result of the subsequence by non-pulsed neurons of one or multiple first layer(s) of the non-pulsed neural network for generating a second processing result of the subsequence; and feeding the second processing results of the multiple subsequences to one or multiple second layer(s) of the non-pulsed neural network.

A roadmanship system comprises a computational device and a vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors and a vehicle control system in communication with the computational device and the plurality of sensors. The computational device can be configured to: (i) receive driving data from a group of vehicles; (ii) calculate a regression curve based on the driving data; (iii) calculate a threshold value of an engineering parameter based on the regression curve and a predetermined roadmanship level; and (iv) output the threshold value to the vehicle control system. The vehicle control system can be configured to: (a) receive the threshold value from the computational device; (b) receive operational information associated with at least one of the vehicle and a driving environment surrounding the vehicle from the plurality of sensors; and (c) cause the vehicle to perform a vehicle maneuver based on the threshold value and the operational information.

A vehicle controller is provided, including: a drive source generating drive torque in a vehicle; a brake applying braking force to wheels; a drive torque control unit controlling the drive torque; a braking force control unit controlling the braking force; an EPB operation instructing unit instructing operation of an electric parking brake; and an electric parking unit, including the parking brake and a driver driving the electric parking brake to cause the electric parking brake to operate in response to the EPB operation instructing unit. The drive torque control unit implements, based on an operation instruction status of the EPB operation instructing unit, driving force restriction control to restrict the drive torque, and when an operation instruction status becomes unknown while the driving force restriction control is implemented, the driving force restriction control is continued regardless of the operation status of the EPB operation instructing unit.

A vehicle includes active grill shutters and a controller. The active grill shutters are configured to open to increase a drag on the vehicle and to close to decrease the drag on the vehicle. The controller is programmed to, in response to regenerative braking via an electric machine and an absence of friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in a closed position. The controller is further programmed to, in response to friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in the open position.