In addition to clean transportation and energy savings, electric vehicles can inherently offer better performance in the field of active safety and dynamic stability control, thanks to the superior fast and accurate control characteristics of electric motors. With the novel wheel status parameter TA for electric vehicles proposed by the authors in an earlier publication, a new TA index (TAI)-ba...

In contrast to conventional internal combustion engine driven vehicles, the number of motors in fully electric cars is not fixed. A variety of architectural solutions, including from one to four individually controlled electric drive units, is possible and opens up new avenues in the design of vehicle characteristics. In particular, individual control of multiple electric powertrains promises t...

20 Electric vehicle technologies (EVs) have emerged as an important climate mitigation and energy 21 security pathway. Current research demonstrating the potential benefits of EVs has largely hinged on 22 technological and engineering design breakthroughs. However, in order for electric motive systems to 23 scale up to a level necessary to realize such benefits will require crucial shifts in ag...

Intelligent Vehicle Robotics is a research area affordable only to big size research groups, mainly because of its high costs. By the present work we propose to develop Intelligent Vehicle Robotics research with modest budgets using an accurately scaled platform. We have developed a scaled intelligent vehicle model to simulate private electric vehicles. It is a low cost, flexible, expandable an...

For the sake of high-efficiency energy recycling and brake security for series-parallel hybrid electric vehicle, an integrated brake system with an electric consuming brake subsystem and advanced strategy is proposed. The specific structure of electric consuming brake subsystem is introduced. The brake processes in different brake conditions are analyzed. A brake control strategy relying on the...

This paper presents a recommender system responsible for processing information that will help the driver in the daily use of his Electric Vehicle (EV), minimizing the problem of range anxiety through a personalized range prediction and by presenting in real time relevant information about the charging stations that can be reached within the range autonomy. Given the success of recommendation s...

A critical element to the success of new propulsion technologies that enable reductions in fuel use is the integration of component thermal management technologies within a viable vehicle package. Vehicle operation requires vehicle thermal management systems capable of balancing the needs of multiple vehicle systems that may require heat for operation, require cooling to reject heat, or require...

With the rapid growth of domestic electric vehicle charging loads, the peak-valley gap and power fluctuation rate of power systems increase sharply, which can lead to the increase of network losses and energy efficiency reduction. This paper tries to regulate network loads and reduce power system transmission loss by optimizing domestic electric vehicle charging loads. In this paper, a domestic...

This paper presents a unique learning and research experience for students from mechanical and electrical engineering majors in a course on senior design projects involving research & development, design and production of a proof-of-concept electric vehicle, the ZEM (Zero EMissions) vehicle. The ZEM vehicle combined positive aspects and latest technologies in electric vehicle design, solar/elec...

The problem of energy saving and environment protection has become more and more crucial in China. China's energy development process shows that the development of pure electric vehicle to China's energy structure optimization and the construction of the ecological environment. New promising technology that makes the problem solved is reviewed in this paper, including current status of electric...