An electric vehicle includes a first motor connected to one of front and rear wheels, a second motor connected to the other wheels, a battery exchanging power with the motors, a clutch connecting and disconnecting the first motor and the wheels, and an electronic control unit. When braking force is…
A method for controlling a motor drive with passive damping includes: shorting a set of windings of a motor to define a shorted set of windings; determining a short circuit current in the shorted set of windings; and commanding, based on an initial torque command and based on the short circuit…
A system of a vehicle includes: a first motor associated with a first controller; a second motor associated with a second controller; a first battery associated with a first battery management system; a second battery associated with a second battery management system; and a master controller…
A trailer configured to be towed by a towing vehicle and carry one or more goods. The trailer comprises a chassis, a hitch to couple the trailer to a towing vehicle and a receptacle mounted on the chassis and defining a space to hold goods. The trailer comprises at least two wheels. An electric…
An energy management method for a range-extended electrified vehicle (REEV) includes, in response to enablement of an inefficiency mode of the REEV, utilizing inefficient motor loss maps specifically for the inefficiency mode and separate from maximum efficiency motor loss maps, determining motor…
A golf cart includes an electric motor configured to perform a braking function, a battery, a sensor, and a control system including a first controller and a second controller. The first controller and the sensor are powered by the battery without the second controller and the electric motor being…
A vehicle system for a vehicle that implements a line lock mode to vehicle wheels for creating a line lock includes a motor, an instrument panel and a controller. The motor provides drive torque to at least one wheel of the vehicle wheels for propelling the vehicle. The vehicle wheels include a…
Systems and methods for controlling battery electric locomotives are disclosed. The method for controlling battery electric locomotives includes receiving, via one or more processors, a first set of data associated with the battery electric locomotives of a consist in a train, wherein the first set…
The motor control unit reduces the drive braking torque for applying the braking force to the drive wheel by the reverse rotation timing predicted by the reverse rotation prediction unit at the latest, and the friction braking unit increases a friction braking force applied to the drive wheel by…
A vehicle control apparatus includes a front-wheel drive system, a rear-wheel drive system, and a control system. The front-wheel drive system includes one or two front-wheel motors coupled to a front wheel. The rear-wheel drive system includes two rear-wheel motors coupled to a rear wheel. The…
A method of determining rotor angle limits for static heating of an electric motor comprises: applying a brake to a wheel of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has an electric motor; while the brake is applied, providing a first current to the electric motor to generate first torque not exceeding a…
A system for controlling a vehicle speed of a vehicle is described. The system comprises a motor, a vehicle speed sensor, a vehicle speed governor, and a controller. The motor is configured to provide an output torque for driving the vehicle. The vehicle speed sensor provides a vehicle speed signal…
A driving force control method controls front wheel driving force and rear wheel driving force by a front wheel motor connected to a front wheel of a vehicle and a rear wheel motor connected to a rear wheel, respectively. The driving force control method includes: executing a cooperative process of…
A system includes a paver work machine, one or more tow machines, and a controller. The paver includes a motor-generator unit (MGU) selectively operable in a motor mode and a generator mode, and a power source electrically connected to the MGU and configured to supply electrical power to and…
A method for controlling a motor drive with passive damping includes: shorting a set of windings of a motor to define a shorted set of windings; determining a short circuit current in the shorted set of windings; determining, based on the short circuit current in the shorted set of windings, a…
A vehicle includes a controller programmed to generate a command to an electric machine to reduce a torque output rate after an accelerator pedal is tipped out based upon a vehicle speed value and a wheel acceleration torque value. The torque output rate is initially reduced at a first rate, and is…
A braking and driving force control apparatus to be provided in a vehicle including front-wheel and rear-wheel longitudinal force generators that generate longitudinal forces of front and rear wheels, respectively. The braking and driving force control apparatus includes: first and second road…
A work vehicle is configured to perform an activity in a work area. The work vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of ground engaging members coupled to the chassis for movement of the chassis in the work area, a generator configured to generate energy from performance of the activity of the work…
A control system for a fuel cell vehicle includes a driving motor of the fuel cell vehicle, a brake system of the fuel cell vehicle, and a controller configured to derive a required target regenerative braking torque when the fuel cell vehicle rolls in an opposite direction to a traveling direction…
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and processes that use millimeter wave radar or other remote sensing to enhance mobility applications. Obstacles may be detected using remote sensing. Acceleration of a mobility apparatus may be controlled based on detection of the obstacle. The controlling…
An electric vehicle includes a motor and a controller. The controller is configured to; based on determining that the electric motor is in the locked state, set a search target torque greater than a value of torque demanded by a driver, and execute a increase of the motor torque up to the set…
A method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle. At least one of the motor vehicle wheels can be driven by an electric motor of the electromotive drive and the electromotive drive has at least one energy source for the electric motor. The method includes: identifying a request…
A power control unit is mounted on a hybrid vehicle, and controls the electric power used for driving the vehicle. The power control unit includes a PCU case (50) having a top cover (51) where an opening (53) is formed, a terminal block (61) placed in the PCU case (50), and arranged opposite to the…
Provided are a brake system, a brake device, and a method of controlling brakes for railroad cars in which control can be multiplexed with a simple configuration. In a brake system 1 for railroad cars includes brake control devices 11,12,13 provided in railroad cars 101, 102 103 respectively that…
While, from time (t3) when a battery state-of-charge (SOC) has become less than or equal to a setting value (SOCs), the duration time of this state (SOC < SOCs) is being measured, regeneration limit torque (Tm_Lim) is gradually decreased to zero until a running-out-of-electricity determination time…
A power control unit is mounted on a hybrid vehicle, and controls the electric power used for driving the vehicle. The power control unit includes a PCU case (50) having a top cover (51) where an opening (53) is formed, a terminal block (61) placed in the PCU case (50), and arranged opposite to the…
A power control unit is mounted on a hybrid vehicle, and controls the electric power used for driving the vehicle. The power control unit includes a PCU case (50) having a top cover (51) where an opening (53) is formed, a terminal block (61) placed in the PCU case (50), and arranged opposite to the…
A method for determining an amount of regenerative braking includes: determining a possible amount of regenerative braking at a time of braking a vehicle; distributing a first amount of regenerative braking up to the possible amount of regenerative braking as the amount of regenerative braking…
An electromechanical actuator power drive unit for dynamic braking is provided, comprising an electric motor with a stator, a rotor that rotates with respect to the stator, and windings fixed to the stator. There is a control unit configured to supply a current to the windings. When the control…
This motor driving control apparatus includes (A) a driving unit that drives a motor, and (B) a regeneration control unit that controls the driving unit so as to generate a regenerative braking force in accordance with a vehicle acceleration, a vehicle speed and a pedal-rotation converted speed…