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...

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...

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...

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...

What does the invention do? This invention presents a modular system of units that can drive, brake, steer and suspend an electric vehicle. These units are also referred to as “Robot Wheels” because they are autonomous elements that can be connected to any electric vehicle chassis. Each unit (Fig.1) includes an electric motor, a steering element, a suspension arm and a connector. The system fit...

—— This paper describes the preliminary research and implementation of an experimental test bench set up for an electric vehicle Antilock Braking System (ABS)/Traction Control System (TCS) representing the dry, wet and icy road surfaces. A Fuzzy logic based controller to control the wheel slip for electric vehicle antilock braking system is presented. The test facility comprised of an induction...

The project E-Vectoorc (Electric Vehicle Control of Individual Wheel Torque for Onand Off-Road Conditions) targets the development of an integrated controller for vehicle dynamics and energy efficiency for fully electric vehicles with one to four electric motors. The project is funded within the 7th European Union Framework Programme and unites two OEMs (Jaguar Land Rover, Skoda Auto), one supp...

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...

Battery operated electric vehicles (BEVs) offer the opportunity of running a zero-emission car fleet. However, due to their current range constraints, electric vehicle operations are mainly attractive for inner-city transport, such as the taxi business. This paper is bringing together facts and assumptions about Berlin’s taxi transport and the current conditions of BEVs in Germany to provide th...