The state of charge of a traction battery of a hybrid vehicle power train is managed by, during a phase of running of the vehicle to a current destination, predicting a temperature that a battery will reach, after the power train is switched off, at a time of departure to a future destination; estimating, as a function of the battery temperature previously predicted, a minimum state of charge of the battery making it possible to provide, during a phase of running to the future destination, a predefined minimum power level; and maintaining the state of charge of the battery close to the minimum state of charge.

A method is provided for controlling electrical components in a vehicle including multiple traction voltage systems, wherein each traction voltage system includes at least one electrical component, and which electrical component has the same function in each traction voltage system, the method involving the steps of monitoring and registering the state of health of each electrical component over time; predicting a predetermined parameter for each electrical component, which parameter is related to a future operating state inhibiting the use of the components; determining a control strategy for each electrical component based on the state of health of the electrical components to balance the parameters towards a common value; and controlling the electrical components based on the determined control strategy.

An electrode of an ignition plug at the time of cooling start is heated to suppress generation of hydrocarbons at the time of cooling start of an internal combustion engine, and to reduce a production cost of an exhaust catalyst. Therefore, an ignition control unit 83 is provided to control a discharge of an ignition plug 200 provided in a cylinder 150. In a first combustion cycle after the operation of an internal combustion engine 100 is started, the ignition control unit 83 performs a discharge of the ignition plug 200 in a state where fuel in the cylinder 150 is not injected from a fuel injection valve 134 into the cylinder 150.

A system for controlling a hybrid propulsion system includes a computer programmed to obtain altitude and terrain information associated with a predetermined route for the hybrid propulsion system comprising a first energy source and a second energy source. The computer is also programmed to obtain current and forecast ambient weather information associated with the predetermined route of the hybrid propulsion system, determine a power requirement and a torque requirement of the hybrid propulsion system associated with the altitude and the terrain along the predetermined route of the hybrid propulsion system, generate a trip plan to optimize at least one of a plurality of performance parameters of the hybrid propulsion system as the hybrid propulsion system travels along the predetermined route, and preferentially select the first energy source and/or the second energy source based on the trip plan.

An apparatus includes an energy storage circuit, an input circuit, and a hybrid management circuit. The energy storage circuit is structured to receive a state of charge (SOC) and a state of health (SOH) of an energy storage device. The input circuit is structured to receive an indication of a torque demand. The hybrid management circuit is structured to determine a first torque output for a genset including an engine and a first motor-generator based on the torque demand and the SOC of the energy storage device; determine an adjustment factor based on the SOH of the energy storage device; determine an adjusted torque output for the genset based on the adjustment factor and the first torque output; operate the genset to provide the adjusted torque output and to generate an amount of energy; and operate a second motor-generator at a second torque output to meet the torque demand.

A control apparatus of an electric vehicle includes a monitor determiner. The monitor determiner monitors a state of a main battery that supplies electric power directed to running, and determines whether the electric power of the main battery is usable on the basis of first information and second information. The first information is a deciding factor directed to deciding whether the electric power of the main battery is usable. The second information is a determination factor directed to determining whether the electric power of the main battery is usable. The monitor determiner determines, upon start-up of the electric vehicle, whether the electric power of the main battery is usable on the basis of the second information before the first information is calculated, and decides whether the electric power of the main battery is usable on the basis of the first information when the first information is calculated.

A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle which, when a travel mode is switched from a second mode (EV mode) to a first mode (series mode), can warm an exhaust purification catalyst appropriately to suppress deterioration of an exhaust gas, is provided. The control apparatus comprises selection means 32 which selects the first mode as a travel mode of a vehicle 10, if a required output is equal to or higher than a determination threshold value, or selects the second mode, if the required output is lower than the determination threshold value; and threshold value changing means 33 which lowers the determination threshold value, if the temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is lower than a predetermined temperature.

Systems of an electric vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. Methods are provided that determine whether a vehicle power source is authorized to power a vehicle at a specific level, and if the power source is not authorized to power the vehicle, alter an ability of the power source.

A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a power storage device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to limit execution of power storage capacity decreasing control and execution of power storage capacity recovering control when a condition a) and a condition b) are both satisfied than when the condition a) and a condition c) are both satisfied, a) is parking at a predetermined point is predicted b) a temperature of the power storage device is out of a predetermined temperature range, and c) the temperature of the power storage device is within the predetermined temperature range.

An apparatus includes an energy storage circuit, an input circuit, and a hybrid management circuit. The energy storage circuit is structured to receive information regarding a state of charge (SOC) and a state of health (SOH) of an energy storage device structured to store energy. The input circuit is structured to receive an indication of a torque demand. The hybrid management circuit is structured to: determine a SOH adjustment factor based on the SOH of the energy storage device; determine a first torque output for a genset based on the SOH adjustment factor and the SOC of the energy storage device, the genset including an engine and a first motor-generator; and operate the genset to provide the first torque output and to generate an amount of energy for a second motor-generator to meet the torque demand according to the SOH adjustment factor.