A method for controlling the distribution of power to a traction motor in a plug-in electric vehicle having a plurality of on-board sources of electric power. Power is distributed at a normal power control relationship in response to an operator control input during operation in a normal mode. Power is depleted at a first rate during operation of the vehicle in the normal mode. Power is distributed at a derate power control relationship in response to the operator control input during operation in a derate mode. Power is depleted at a second rate that is less than the first rate during operation in the derate mode to conserve the power of the one or more on-board sources. Operation in the derate mode can be initiated in response to information from sensors identifying a vehicle condition indicating a battery charge limitation.

A method for performing an on-board diagnostic function in a motor vehicle including at least one drive system, at least one operating element and at least one control unit with a processor, a control module and an on-board diagnostic function module. The method includes the steps of: activating an on-board diagnostic function in the on-board diagnostic function module; supplying a first signal profile (S1) of an operating value (CV) of the operating element to an analysis module; the analysis module analyzing the first signal profile (S1) of the operating value (CV); activating a filtering module in the event of a positive analysis result; and the filtering module filtering the first signal profile (S1) of the operating value (CV) with selected damping parameters (DP) upon activation of the filtering module in order to obtain a filtered second signal profile (S2) of the operating element.

An embodiment driving distribution apparatus of a drone unit includes a first drone unit located on a first end of a vehicle and a second drone unit located on a second end of the vehicle, wherein each of the first and second drone units includes a sensor unit configured to measure a gradient traveling environment of the vehicle, a driving unit configured to apply a driving force of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control driving amounts of the first drone unit and the second drone unit based on the gradient traveling environment of the vehicle.

Systems and methods provide a drive system control architecture that comprises a seamless interface between original equipment manufacturer (OEM) vehicle systems or components (e.g., accelerator pedal, brake pedal, accessory components, etc.) and third-party (or non-OEM) vehicle systems or components (e.g., motor/generator (MG) and inverter systems, fuel cell and battery systems, transmission, etc.). A universal interface implemented in a vehicle may receive a request for a specified amount of torque from one or more components of a first set of vehicle components, and may determine a balance between one or more components of a second set of vehicle components for delivering the specified amount of torque. The universal interface may then instruct the one or more components of the second set of vehicle components to deliver a commensurate portion of the specified amount of torque.

A control device for a vehicle includes a fuel cell, a motor-generator, a power unit, a transmission, a motor-generator control unit configured to perform a power control on the motor-generator based on a driver request torque, and a generated power control unit configured to control the generated power of the fuel cell based on a load of the fuel cell including the motor-generator. The motor-generator control unit performs a shifting power control for decreasing a rotation speed of the motor-generator during an upshift of the transmission, and a power control on the motor-generator based on a limit torque of the motor-generator during the shifting power control. The limit torque of the motor-generator being calculated based on an actual generated power of the fuel cell per unit time and an acceptable power of the power unit per unit time.

A control apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes one or more processors, and one or more memories each storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors. The program includes one or more commands. The one or more commands are each configured to cause the one or more processors to: determine whether the vehicle is in an enclosed environment; and execute abnormality notification control to output an abnormality notification based on a result of a power-source-state determination and a result of a presence determination when the one or more processors determine that the vehicle is in the enclosed environment. The power-source-state determination is a determination regarding a state of a power source of the vehicle, and the presence determination is a determination as to whether there is a person inside or outside the vehicle.

A method and system controller includes determining a power requirement for a vehicle system to complete a planned trip over a route. The method includes determining whether an amount of available power from the vehicle system is sufficient to propel the vehicle system to complete the planned trip by comparing the available power with the power requirement that is determined. The method includes changing one or more operational aspects of the planned trip based on the comparison between the amount of available power and the power requirement that is determined to generate a newly planned modified trip.

An apparatus, including a vehicle computer located at a vehicle which is an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle; battery recharging equipment which includes a plug-in recharging system, an electric road inductive charging system, or an electric road electrified contact charging system, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The vehicle computer processes information and determines a battery charge level or a battery charge state for a battery of the vehicle, processes information to identify a battery recharging facility, and provides navigation instructions to the battery recharging facility. The RFID reader obtains information from a battery recharging system located at the battery recharging facility. The vehicle computer receives an activity report regarding the recharging of the battery by the battery recharging facility and displays information contained in the activity report. The activity report or information contained in the activity report is stored in a distributed ledger and blockchain technology system.

A data collection system for inspection includes a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of vehicles, a selection unit that selects a plurality of target vehicles, and a data collection unit that collects the vehicle data of each target vehicle through the communication unit. The selection unit acquires vehicle environment information for each of the vehicles, assign the vehicle environment information to a plurality of classes, and for each class, obtains a frequency that is the number of the vehicles belonging to the class, and select the target vehicles for each class such that, of the classes, a ratio of the number of vehicles to be selected as the target vehicles to the frequency of each class is smaller in a first class having the frequency equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value than in a second class having the frequency less than the reference value.

A server apparatus includes a communication interface, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores correspondence information associating a travel history of a first vehicle configured to run on a fuel cell as a power source with a state of deterioration of the fuel cell. The controller receives, via the communication interface, information on a travel history from a second vehicle configured to run on a fuel cell as a power source, and outputs a notification about the fuel cell of the second vehicle based on the information on the travel history and the correspondence information.