A method for determining an optimized torque distribution to the wheels of a road vehicle comprising the steps of determining a table of distribution of the torque between a front axle and a rear axle; determining a second table and a third table of distribution of the torque between a right wheel and a left wheel of the rear axle and of the front axle, respectively; detecting the current longitudinal dynamics; using the first, the second and the third table to determine a current value of the first, of the second and of the third distribution factor, respectively, based on the current longitudinal speed and on the current longitudinal acceleration of the road vehicle.

An electric vehicle control device, an electric vehicle control method, and an electric vehicle control system according to one embodiment of the present invention are configured to: obtain, based on operation information on release of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle and turn information on a turn of the vehicle, change rate information on a temporal change amount of a regenerative braking force with respect to an operation amount of the accelerator pedal; and output a regenerative braking control command for applying the regenerative braking force to a wheel based on the change rate information.

A control device includes: a first braking unit, that applies a first braking force to a steering wheel of a vehicle; a second braking unit, that applies a second braking force to a non-steering wheel of the vehicle; and a control device that controls the first braking unit, and the second braking unit, according to a target braking force, where the control device includes a steering angle information acquiring unit that acquires a steering angle-related value related to a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a distribution changing unit that executes a distribution change control of changing a braking force distribution between the first braking force and the second braking force based on the steering angle-related value when the target braking force is applied.

Systems and methods are provided herein for controlling the speed differential of wheels of a vehicle. The vehicle determines a wheel steering angle, where the wheel steering angle corresponds to a center of rotation of the vehicle. The vehicle determines a differential wheel speed associated with a first wheel of the vehicle and a second wheel of the vehicle based at least on the wheel steering angle. The vehicle independently applies torque to the first and second wheels based on the differential wheel speed.

Operation and motion control, by a vehicle's ADAS or AD features, is improved in ways suitable to EVs having higher driving and handling performance. The vehicle dynamic model for high rates of lateral acceleration (e.g., sharp cornering or taking curves having a small radius of curvature as faster speeds) is improved by one or more of optimizing time cornering stiffness with a sigmoid function and/or altering front/rear steering angle to account for roll steer and compliance steer, based on vehicle testing. Indicators for lane departure warning or collision warning, evasive steering, or emergency braking are therefore reliably extended to allow higher performance maneuvers.

A location determination system for a material handling vehicle operating near a charging node. The system may include a power receptor configured to receive power from the charging node and provide current to the material handling vehicle. The system may include a sensor electrically coupled to the power receptor and configured to measure the current provided by the power receptor, and a controller configured to determine a current profile based on the measured current and determine a distance of the power receptor to the charging node based on the current profile. The system may determine the distance of the material handling vehicle from the charging node and may determine the location of the material handling vehicle based on a predetermined location of the charging node. The system may comprise multiple power receptors each with a current profile and may determine a speed and/or direction based on the multiple current profiles.

A vehicle control system includes a first vehicle sensor configured to monitor a motor speed; a second vehicle sensor configured to monitor a torque request; a first power inverter circuit; a second power inverter circuit; and a torque control unit communicably coupled to the first power inverter circuit and the second power inverter circuit. The torque control unit is configured to (i) determine an efficiency bias based on the motor speed and the torque request, and (ii) reallocate power exchanged with the first power inverter circuit and the second power inverter circuit based on the efficiency bias.

A vehicle control method of an autonomous vehicle for a right and left turn at a crossroad includes: determining whether a second vehicle intends to change a lane while passing a front or a rear of a first vehicle in order to move to a target lane for the right and left turn at the crossroad; controlling the first vehicle to decelerate when it is determined that the second vehicle intends to change the lane while passing the front of the first vehicle; determining whether the second vehicle is entering the first lane toward the front or the rear of the first vehicle; calculating a steering amount of the second vehicle when it is determined that the second vehicle is entering the first lane toward the front of the first vehicle; and controlling the first vehicle to decelerate according to the steering amount.

The present invention includes a battery maintenance device for performing maintenance on battery packs of hybrid and/or electrical vehicles (referred herein generally as electric vehicles). In various embodiments, the device includes one or more loads for connecting to a battery pack for use in discharging the battery pack, and/or charging circuitry for use in charging the battery pack. Input/output circuitry can be provided for communicating with circuitry of in the battery pack and/or circuitry of the vehicle.

A method for bringing a vehicle closer to a vehicle-external primary charging unit configured to inductively charge the vehicle, where the vehicle includes a secondary charging unit, a camera system and a display device, includes the steps of a) capturing a real-time image of a vehicle environment using the camera system, wherein the primary charging unit is included in the real-time image, b) displaying the real-time image on the display device, and c) inserting at least one guide line into the real-time image. The direction and/or curvature of the guide line coincides with a steering angle lock of the vehicle such that the guide line corresponds to the trajectory of the vehicle in the case of the steering angle lock. The position of the at least one guide line in the real-time image of the vehicle environment is selected such that the guide line indicates a movement curve of the secondary charging unit of the vehicle. The method further includes indicating the movement curve of the secondary charging unit relative to the primary charging unit based on a movement of the vehicle by repeating steps a) to c).