An ICE emission mitigation signal is received prior to normal operation of an ICE of a hybrid vehicle. A command is issued to at least partially open a throttle to enable air flow into an intake manifold. A command is issued to an electric motor system to rotate a crankshaft coupled to each of the…
A method of controlling driving includes receiving information about a current driving road, when existence of at least one of a first section and a second section where exhaust gas emissions are limited is determined based on the received information, determining whether driving is possible in a…
A method for managing emissions from a vehicle having an aftertreatment system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a temperature of an aftertreatment system of the vehicle and a power output of an engine of the vehicle; comparing, by the…
A hybrid vehicle includes a generator capable of generating and supplying power to a battery; a drive motor that drives driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle with power supplied from the battery or power generated by the generator, an internal combustion engine that drives the generator; and a first…
Vehicles include a battery, a MG, and an ECU. The battery stores electric power as an energy source of the vehicle. MG generates the driving force of the vehicles by consuming power. ECU controls MG. Battery power includes green power and non-green power, each classified according to the greenhouse…
A control method for a hybrid vehicle configured to switch between stoichiometric combustion and lean combustion in which the target air fuel ratio is set to be leaner than the theoretical air fuel ratio is provided. The control method for the hybrid vehicle includes when the combustion mode is…
A vehicle control method for a vehicle provided with an engine, a generator, and a drive motor. The engine is used to drive the generator to generate electrical power. The electrical power from the generator in turn is used to drive the drive motor. A filter is provided to collects particulate…
Methods and systems are provided for optimizing a performance of a vehicle while maintaining vehicle emissions below a threshold. In one example, a method for a controller of a vehicle comprises adjusting an operating parameter of the vehicle in response to a margin between a moving average…
A method of operating a vehicle with a hybrid powertrain comprising an electrical drivetrain and an internal combustion engine includes detecting that a temperature of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device of an aftertreatment system of the vehicle is below a particular temperature…
A method for managing emissions from a vehicle having an aftertreatment system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a temperature of an aftertreatment system of the vehicle and a power output of an engine of the vehicle; comparing, by the…
A vehicle includes: an electric motor that generates a first driving force for rotationally driving drive wheels of the vehicle, an engine that generates a second driving force for rotationally driving the drive wheels of the vehicle, an exhaust gas purification device that purifies exhaust gas…
Methods and systems for improving fuel economy and reducing emissions of a vehicle with an electric motor, an engine and an energy storage device are disclosed. The methods and systems involve obtaining lookahead information and current state information, wherein the lookahead information includes…
Systems and methods are described for emissions control of a hybrid vehicle. An instruction to switch from a combustion engine power mode of the hybrid vehicle to an electric power mode of the hybrid vehicle is received. A temperature of a catalyst associated with a combustion engine of the hybrid…
A hybrid electric vehicle or a powertrain control method therefor controlling a powertrain with a more effective recognition of an entry into a low emission zone may include steps of: determining by use of image-based road-sign recognition information an entry into a zone in which an amount of…
A driving force control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to prevent an increase in emission while achieving a required driving force in a condition where an accumulation of particulate matter on a particulate filter is small. A controller is configured to set a threshold level of an SOC level…
Systems and methods are described for electrical power control of a hybrid vehicle. A change in an electrical load of an ancillary component of the vehicle is determined. In response to determining the change in the electrical load of the ancillary component, an electrical load of an electrically…
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a drive system in a hybrid electric vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, the drive system has combustion engine and an electric motor, and a method includes: obtaining, via one or more sensors, sensor data pertaining to the hybrid electric vehicle…
Systems and methods for controlling a hybrid system. For example, a computer-implemented method includes determining a system temperature zone of the aftertreatment system as being in: a first temperature zone below a first temperature threshold, a second temperature zone from the first temperature…
A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle. The hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, a clutch arranged between a crankshaft and the motor generator, and a catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage. The controller includes first processing circuitry that executes a catalyst…
A hybrid system which can calculate various type of more proper required torques is provided while input factors which can be used for calculating the various types of required torques are limited. A hybrid system includes a rotation sensor which detects a rotation number of an engine , at least…
Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system for a vehicle () and an associated method of controlling a vehicle (). The control system comprises one or more controllers, the control system being configured to: receive at least one identity signal indicative of an identity of a driver…
A vehicle hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine; an electrical drivetrain; a light-off selective catalytic reduction (LO-SCR) device coupled to receive exhaust from the internal combustion engine; and a control system that directs cylinder deactivation (CDA) of the internal…
A hybrid electric vehicle or a powertrain control method therefor controlling a powertrain with a more effective recognition of an entry into a low emission zone may include steps of: determining by use of image-based road-sign recognition information an entry into a zone in which an amount of…
The present disclosure relates to a hybrid electric vehicle configured to respond to a required torque while reducing exhaust gas emission in a situation where catalyst heating of an engine is not completed, and a driving control method for the hybrid electric vehicle. The driving control method of…
A method of heating an aftertreatment system includes fulfilling a vehicle drive load of a vehicle via an electrical drivetrain of a vehicle hybrid powertrain, wherein the vehicle hybrid powertrain comprises the electrical drivetrain and an internal combustion engine; while the electrical…
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle includes obtaining propulsion switching data descriptive of a state of one or more vehicle systems for switching power flow of an internal combustion engine and an electric machine. The propulsion switching data may be used to provide a driver behavior…
A carbon dioxide recovery system that recovers carbon dioxide from a hybrid vehicle traveling in a COrecovery area including a COrecovery road in which a stationary COrecovery device collecting and recovering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is provided acquires a residual charging capacity of…
A system includes at least one sensor coupled to an aftertreatment system and a controller having at least one processor coupled to at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include…
A method of reducing cold start emissions in a series mode hybrid electric vehicle, including an internal combustion engine with an exhaust duct having a catalyst and a downstream oxygen sensor, an output of the combustion engine being connected to an electric generator with a power output of at…
An aftertreatment device of a vehicle exhaust system includes an aftertreatment device. The aftertreatment device includes a body defining an inlet cone, an outlet cone, and a cavity therebetween. A heating element is disposed in the cavity. A catalyst is disposed in the cavity downstream of the…