A battery system for an electric vehicle includes a first battery module with a first heater and a second battery module with a second heater. The battery system also includes a control system configured to selectively activate the first or the second heater to dissipate energy from the first or the second battery module.

The vehicle includes a powertrain having an axle having a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel. A first gearbox may couple a first power source to the first drive wheel, and a second gearbox may independently couple a second power source to the second drive wheel. And, a controller may be configured to initiate a gear shift in the first gearbox and the second gearbox at different times.

A vehicle side obstacle detecting and warning method is applied on a vehicle. The vehicle side obstacle detecting and warning method includes providing a measuring step for measuring a dataset of the vehicle. The vehicle side obstacle detecting and warning method includes providing a detector installing step for positioning a plurality of detectors between the front wheel and the rear wheel according to the maximum inner wheel difference area. The vehicle side obstacle detecting and warning method includes providing a detected area adjusting step for adjusting a detecting distance or a positioning angle of at least one of the detectors to form a detected area. The vehicle side obstacle detecting and warning method includes providing a detecting and warning step for sending a warning message by a warning module disposed at the vehicle when an obstacle is detected by any one of the detectors within the detected area.

An electric vehicle includes: a box-shaped base frame in which a battery is stored in an internal space, with a vehicle drive unit using an in-wheel motor attached to a side surface; and a floor panel that is separately arranged from the base frame at a position above the base frame in the vehicle. In the electric vehicle, a slope device that feeds out a slope board toward a sidewalk or a road is provided in a clearance between the base frame and the floor panel.

A component mount and chassis incorporating same are provided. The component mount includes a frame rail side portion having a first surface and a component side portion having a second surface facing the first surface. The first and second surfaces bound an interior space of the component mount. One or more damping elements are situated within the interior space. A chassis incorporating the aforementioned mount includes a frame rail which includes a cut out that has been formed prior to bending the frame rail into its final shape. The component mount is mounted to the frame rail and accessible through the cut out.

An inter-axle differential assembly comprising a driving input shaft, a forward differential wheel, a rear differential wheel, a differential spider connected for common rotation with the input shaft and on which differential pinions configured to meshingly engage with said differential wheels are rotatably mounted, and a differential housing to which the differential spider is connected for common rotation. The assembly comprising an output wheel via which torque is transferable to a rear driving axle, and a connection means movable between: an open position which connects the output wheel to the rear differential wheel so that the differential housing can rotate independently of the rear differential wheel, a locking position connecting both of the differential housing and the output wheel to the rear differential wheel, and a disconnecting position connecting the differential housing to the rear differential wheel, so that the output wheel can rotate independently of the rear differential wheel.

An electric public transport land vehicle, in particular of the bus, coach or tyred tram type, including at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module arranged in a peripheral panel of the vehicle, and having, for at least one electrical energy storage module, a protective cover equipped with at least one evacuation opening allowing smoke and/or flame and/or gas to escape in a direction away from the vehicle in the event of fire in the module.

An embodiment stiffness reinforcement structure for a vehicle includes a support member including an upper end joined to a lateral end of a roof bow of a vehicle body and a lower end joined to a front frame disposed at a lower portion of the vehicle body to connect the roof bow and the front frame. The support member is disposed between a side pillar of the vehicle body and an interior of the vehicle body and is spaced apart from the side pillar at a lower region of the support member. The lower end of the support member is positioned further into the interior of the vehicle body than the upper end.

The disclosure relates to a powertrain for a vehicle, the powertrain including: a transmission, a propeller shaft and a differential gear, wherein the transmission comprises an output shaft which is drivingly connected or connectable to the propeller shaft, the propeller shaft is drivingly connected to the differential gear and the differential gear is configured to provide a driving torque to a respective half-shaft of a drive axle for driving the vehicle, the transmission further including: an input shaft configured to be drivingly connected to a power unit; a planetary gearset; a first gearset and a second gearset. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle.

An independent suspension for vehicles, in particular for heavy vehicles, includes a steering knuckle developing between an outer portion, defining the axis of rotation of a wheel hub, and an inner portion, having a receiving seat extending transversely to the outer portion along a steering axis and a knuckle-carrier assembly rotatably coupled to the inner portion of the knuckle to allow a relative rotation around the steering axis, and including at least a first and a second supporting portion defining each a substantially horizontal hinge point for one end of a respective cross arm. The knuckle-carrier assembly includes a first and a second body, separate to each other, in which the first body includes a steering pin developing along the steering axis and the first supporting portion and the second body is partially fitted around the steering pin and includes the second supporting portion.