The method includes: when the vehicle satisfies a one-pedal activating condition, controlling the vehicle to enter a one-pedal-function activating mode; when the vehicle enters the one-pedal-function activating mode and satisfies a parking-controlling-function activating condition, acquiring current-vehicle-speed information, road-slope information and a first electric-motor recovering torque; based on the current-vehicle-speed information and the road-slope information, calculating to obtain a parking torque; acquiring a first torque difference between the parking torque and the first electric-motor recovering torque; and performing pressure buildup to the vehicle based on the first torque difference, to control the vehicle to complete a parking operation.

Tow bar arrangement (100) for interconnection of a pulling vehicle (10) and a pulled trailer (20). The arrangement (100) comprises a control device (110) with a force sensor (111) arranged to sense an instantaneous relative force between vehicle (10) and trailer (20). The control device (110) is arranged to produce a control signal for an electric motor (21) arranged to propel the trailer (20) so that a motor force counter-acts said measured force. The invention is characterised in that the control device (110) is arranged to a first time series of force measurements, in that the control device (110) comprises a low-pass filter (112) producing a second low-pass filtered time series, and in that a regulator (113) is ar-ranged to regulate said second time series to produce said control signal.

A method and system for characterizing an energy consumption indicator of an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The method includes performing a cyclic energy consumption test on the EV to acquire a time-speed curve, a time-direct current (DC) energy consumption curve, and a total alternating current (AC) energy consumption in the test cycle. A DC energy consumption rate and an AC energy consumption rate of the EV is determined in each of test sub-cycles. A driving feature is determined in each of the test sub-cycles and a normalized driving feature is determined in each of the test sub-cycles according to the driving feature in each of the test sub-cycles and a base driving feature. A DC energy consumption indicator and an AC energy consumption indicator of the EV are extracted according to DC energy consumption rates, AC energy consumption rates and normalized driving features of the EV in all test sub-cycles.

An electric assist system usable for an electric assist bicycle includes an electric motor that generates assist power assisting human power of a rider of the electric assist bicycle, a rotation sensor that outputs a signal in accordance with a rotation of a rotatable component that rotates to operate the electric assist bicycle, an acceleration sensor that outputs a signal in accordance with an acceleration of the electric assist bicycle in a traveling direction thereof, and a controller that calculates a speed of the electric assist bicycle based on an output signal of the rotation sensor and an output signal of the acceleration sensor.

A control device for a fuel cell vehicle includes a power limiter limiting power of a fuel cell when a temperature correlation value correlated to a temperature of the fuel cell indicates that the temperature is equal to or higher than a temperature threshold, a calculation unit calculating a weight of a towed vehicle, a gradient acquirer acquiring upward gradients at respective points on a planned traveling route, a predictor predicting whether the power of the fuel cell is limited when the fuel cell vehicle is traveling along the planned traveling route in a towing travel state, and a controller issuing, when the predictor predicts that the power of the fuel cell is limited, an alert that a vehicle speed of the fuel cell vehicle is expected to decrease when the fuel cell vehicle is traveling along the planned traveling route in the towing travel state.

An all-wheel-drive electric vehicle includes one or more front electric motors, one or more rear electric motors, an accelerator sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, and a control unit. The one or more front electric motors are configured to directly drive front wheels. The one or more rear electric motors are configured to directly drive rear wheels. The accelerator sensor is configured to determine an operation amount of an accelerator. The vehicle speed sensor is configured to determine vehicle speed. The control unit is configured to control drive of the one or more front and rear electric motors based on the operation amount of the accelerator and the vehicle speed. The control unit is configured to change an allocation of driving force between the one or more front electric motors and the one or more rear electric motors with a bias toward the rear wheels in a case where the operation amount of the accelerator is increased at or above a predetermined rate in a state in which the vehicle speed is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed.

The present disclosure relates to the field of vehicle technology and provides an energy recovery control method, a system, and a vehicle. The method is applied in a vehicle, and the vehicle comprises a drive motor and a battery electrically connected to the drive motor; a first energy recovery torque curve with respect to the drive motor is pre-configured in the vehicle, and the first energy recovery torque curve is used to indicate a correspondence relationship between vehicle speed and energy recovery torque of the drive motor. The present disclosure performs reduction on a first energy recovery torque curve by means of utilizing a reduction ratio, allowing energy recovery in accordance with a relatively low torque strength when a usable charge power of the battery is unable to satisfy a preset power requirement corresponding to the first energy recovery torque curve.

An insulation fault response method for a fuel cell vehicle, comprising: when a vehicle starts, detecting whether a fuel cell is in a startup state or not; when the fuel cell is not in the startup state, reading a first insulation resistance detected by a fuel cell control unit and a second insulation resistance detected by a cell management system; when the first insulation resistance indicates that the vehicle is in an insulation fault, executing a first control policy; and when the second insulation resistance indicates that the vehicle in an insulation fault, executing a second control policy, wherein the first control policy is different from the second control policy, and wherein when the first insulation resistance is less than a first threshold and/or the second insulation resistance is less than a second threshold, the vehicle is in an insulation fault.

A virtual manual transmission system for an electric vehicle for simulating the behavior of a vehicle having a manual transmission by controlling a motor while protecting an electric storage device. A controller is configured to: change torque of the motor when a virtual manual shifting is executed by operating a clutch device, an accelerator device, and a shifting device; and reduce a regulation on a change rate of the torque of the motor or an input/output power to/from the electric storage device.

A weight profile determination system may be provided that includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor may be disposed along a route and configured to generate a plurality of force measurements of a vehicle system moving on the route relative to the sensor. The force measurements may be obtained at different times and correspond to different locations along a length of the vehicle system. The controller may determine a weight profile for the vehicle system based on the force measurements generated by the sensor. The weight profile can represent a distribution of weight along the length of the vehicle system. The controller may communicate the weight profile to one or more of the vehicle system or an offboard device for controlling movement of the vehicle system based on the weight profile.