An autonomous cruise control (ACC) system that implements a corrective action strategy based on driving conditions for a vehicle is provided. The ACC system includes a drive unit, vehicle sensors and a controller. The controller: receives at least signal from at least one vehicle sensor indicative…
An authentication system configured to be attached to a door and configured to authenticate whether a person is permitted to open the door. The authentication system may include a casing configured to be attached to the door, a device configured to generate a signal indicative of the person being…
Refueling control techniques for a fuel cell electrified vehicle (FCEV) involve providing an electrified vehicle control unit (EVCU), a fuel cell propulsion system (FCPS), and a controller area network (CAN) therebetween, providing a set of hardwire wakeup lines connecting from the EVCU to each of…
An electric machine for powering an electric vehicle includes a rotor including rotor laminations and a first magnet. The rotor is configured to rotate relative to a stator to drive a rotor shaft and at least one drive wheel of the electric vehicle. The rotor laminations define a first slot that…
A regenerative braking system for an electrified vehicle includes a battery system, an electric motor and a regenerative system resistor. The battery system selectively stores and delivers power. The electric motor is powered by the battery system and transfers drive torque to a driveline for…
A method and system of controlling engine braking in a vehicle, include determining that an accelerator input is not being activated, determining at least one vehicle condition, determining at least one path of travel condition of a road on which the vehicle is traveling, and applying an engine…
A method for providing customized information to a user, that includes receiving at a backend portion historical information, regarding multiple features, from a first user and one or more other users, categorizing the information and users as a function of a similarity of certain features of the…
A high-voltage battery quick release system for an electrified vehicle and related method for using same is provided. In one exemplary implementation, the high-voltage battery quick release system includes a first quick release switch that sends an activation signal indicative of a battery…
A vehicle thermal management system and associated operation includes using a heat pump system, an electric drive system coolant loop and a battery system coolant loop. The heat pump system includes a compressor, a four-way switching valve, an indoor heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a first…
A thermal system includes a high temperature coolant loop thermally coupled to a heater core configured for thermal exchange with an airflow into a cabin of the vehicle, and an air conditioning (A/C) loop having a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion device for a heat exchanger, a second…
A method of providing route information to a driver, includes determining a travel path for a trip to a destination, determining segments of the travel path, determining a driving style of a driver of the vehicle, determining an energy use model for vehicle energy use along the travel path that is…
A vehicle system, for a vehicle that implements a car wash mode, includes a shifter configured to move the vehicle between Park, Reverse, Neutral, and Drive (PRND) positions, an ignition button, and a brake system including a parking brake. A controller is programmed to determine the shifter has…
A convertible cup holder includes a basin having a wall and a cavity. A first deployment mechanism includes a first carrier movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. A second deployment mechanism includes a second carrier movable between a retracted position and a deployed…
A light assembly for a vehicle includes a first housing having multiple voids that are circumferentially spaced apart about an axis of rotation of the first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing, a light module coupled to the second housing, and a first retainer. The first retainer…
A normality modeling and anomaly detection method for a high voltage battery system of an electrified vehicle includes obtaining a trained normality model configured to model a set of modeled parameters of the high voltage battery system based on a set of measured parameters of cells/modules of the…
A method and system for operating a climate control system of determining positions of occupants within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, determining occupant settings, communicating the positions and the occupant settings to an energy determination system, determining a low energy combination…
An engine mount bracket has a U-shape body with a web and a front and rear leg. The legs includes bores to receive fasteners to secure the bracket to the engine block. The web includes a bore to receive a hydraulic mount shaft. A surface on the bracket receives a body portion of the hydraulic mount…
A bracket assembly for an electric drive module having a drive module includes a first intermediate bracket coupled to a first side of the housing a second intermediate bracket disposed on a second side of the housing, a first cross member coupling the first intermediate bracket and the second…
A heads-up display (HUD) system for a vehicle includes a HUD configured to project augmented reality (AR) graphics on a surface of the vehicle in an active field of view of the driver, a driver monitoring camera (DMC) configured to monitor a driver eye position and gaze direction, and an inertial…
A system to use vehicle regenerative braking to power blockchain processing may include a controller that includes one or more processors, memory and instructions or programs stored in the memory or otherwise accessible by the processors that is capable of communicating with a network configured to…
A control system for an electric motor of an electrified vehicle includes an inverter of the electrified vehicle, the inverter comprising a set of switches and being configured to receive three pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals and to control the set of switches to generate an alternating…
A control system for an electric motor of an electrified vehicle includes an inverter of the electrified vehicle, the inverter comprising a set of switches and being configured to receive three pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals and to control the set of switches to generate an alternating…
A park energy reserve feature for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) includes detecting a key-off event indicative of a powerdown of the FCEV and, in response thereto, determining whether a set of conditions for enablement of a park energy reserve feature of a fuel cell power system (FCPS) of the…
A system and method for optimizing charge time for a vehicle may include a controller that is capable of communicating with a charger for a vehicle and also with an external device. The controller may receive a user alarm time set by a user, determine an estimated charge time based at least in part…
A global charging management system (GCMS) for coordinating charging of one or more electrified vehicles at one or more charging stations includes a computing server configured to communicate with the one or more electrified vehicles and the one or more charging stations via a network. The…
An automated battery isolation testing (ABIT) system for a high voltage battery system of an electrified vehicle includes a dual-channel digital multimeter (DMM) and a control unit configured to, using first and second channels of the dual-channel DMM, measure first and second voltages between…
A convertible cup holder includes a basin having a wall and a cavity. A first deployment mechanism includes a first carrier movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. A second deployment mechanism includes a second carrier movable between a retracted position and a deployed…
A vehicle includes a passenger compartment, a console, and an arm carried by the console. The passenger compartment has seats in multiple rows and the console is located in the passenger compartment. At least part of the console is a movable portion that is movable from a first position in which…
A method for mitigating dynamic traction events in a vehicle includes detecting a wheel speed increase indicative of a wheel slip event, determining a frequency of a rate of change of the wheel speed during the wheel slip event, comparing the frequency to a threshold, and changing a traction…
A functional safety calibration method for a vehicle includes accessing dynamometer data for the vehicle and determining, using the dynamometer data, first output data and N input parameters for a neural network utilized by a primary process of the vehicle to model a vehicle parameter based on the…