An indicator light assembly for a vehicle includes a housing. The housing includes a casing and a cover. The cover is connected to the casing. A first light channel is formed in the housing. A second light channel is formed in the housing. A first indicator and a second indicator are formed on the…

A control system for controlling axle hop in a vehicle includes a sensor and an electronic controller. The sensor is configured to detect a vibration of an axle and to detect a wheel slip of a wheel. The electronic controller is configured to determine whether one of the detected axle vibration…

The tailgate assembly includes an interior side, an exterior side and a vehicle retention structure. The interior side is configured to face a vehicle truck bed. The exterior side is an opposite facing side with respect to the interior side. The vehicle retention structure has a tether compartment…

A bracket assembly for a fuel filler assembly for a vehicle includes a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket is configured to be connected to a panel of the vehicle. The second bracket is configured to be connected to the fuel filler assembly. The first bracket has a first end and a…

A vehicle home setting device includes a vehicle tracking unit, a non-transitory computer readable medium and an electronic controller. The vehicle tracking unit electronically collects vehicle visit locations of the vehicle. The non-transitory computer readable medium electronically stores the…

A vehicle includes a vehicle rear panel and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly has a rear fascia installed to the vehicle rear panel and an energy transfer member sandwiched between the rear fascia and the vehicle rear panel. The energy transfer member has an energy receiving portion and an…

A vehicle rear cargo structure includes an inner panel, a first bracket, a second bracket and a shelf. The inner panel is part of a side wall and defines a wheel well. The first bracket is fixedly attached to a forward area of the wheel well defined by the inner panel. The second bracket is fixedly…

A vehicle rear cargo structure includes a side wall. A shelf is coupled to the side wall. A shelf has an upper surface and a vertical surface that extends downward from the upper horizontal surface. The slot has a first section and a second section. The first section is open to the upper surface of…

An electric vehicle control device includes an electronic charging schedule generator, a non-transitory computer readable medium and an electronic controller. The electronic charging schedule generator is configured to generate a charging schedule when a vehicle accesses a charging port provided at…

An electrode is provided. The electrode includes an electrode material comprising a plurality of electrode active material particles. Each of the plurality of electrode active material particles includes a core, a first coating layer formed on a first surface of the core, and a second coating layer…

A vehicle body structure includes a roof structure and an accessory panel. The vehicle roof structure includes a rear roof bow (rear beam) adjacent to a rear hatch door opening. The rear roof bow has a concaved area with a first hinge portion located adjacent to the concaved area. The accessory…

A vehicle safety device test system includes a vehicle, a first safety device, an electronic controller, a breakout box, and a data acquisition system. The first safety device is disposed in the vehicle. The electronic controller is disposed in the vehicle. The electronic controller is electrically…

A method is provided for recycling a cathode active material. The method includes reacting spent cathode active material particles with an alkaline solution to form a reaction mixture containing a metal fluoride and solid cathode active material particles, and filtering the reaction mixture to…

A method is provided for removing a binder from a spent cathode active material. The method includes mixing the spent cathode active material with water to form a first mixture. The spent cathode active material includes cathode active material particles and the binder. The method further includes…

A system for detecting an object includes a sensor, an electronic controller, and an indicator. The sensor is configured to detect information relating to a presence of an object. The electronic controller is configured to determine the presence of the object based on a change in the information…

An energy management system includes a plurality of electrical consumers, an asset aggregator. The plurality of electrical consumers is configured to consume electrical power supplied by an electrical power grid. The plurality of electrical consumers is within a geographical region. The asset…

A control system is configured to determine a differential state of a vehicle. The control system includes a first wheel sensor, a second wheel sensor, and an electronic controller. The first wheel sensor is configured to detect a first wheel speed of a first wheel. The second wheel sensor is…

A rear panel assembly defines a rear opening and a motor attachment section and includes a door linkage assembly, a rear door and an electric motor. The door linkage assembly is connected to the rear panel assembly adjacent to one side of the rear opening. The door linkage assembly including a…

A heat pipe is provided for a battery pack. The heat pipe includes a first sheet formed of a first metal and a second sheet formed of a second metal. A plurality of first wick structures are formed on a first surface of the first sheet, and a plurality of first channels are each formed between two…

An electrode is provided. The electrode includes an electrode material comprising a plurality of electrode active material particles. Each of the plurality of electrode active material particles includes a core, a first coating layer formed on a first surface of the core, a shell formed on a second…

A vehicle air flow structure includes a vehicle body structure, an air handling structure and a cowl box structure of a vehicle. The vehicle body structure has a passenger compartment and a hood that covers an underhood area forward of the passenger compartment with a dashwall located between the…

A vehicle fender assembly includes a fender, a fender baffle and a trim molding. The fender is part of a vehicle body defining a tire installation area. The fender baffle is a sound reducer installed to the fender. The fender baffle has an alignment ramp defining a bottom outer edge of the fender…

A vehicle tether structure includes a vehicle body structure, a seat and a tether bracket. The vehicle body structure includes an upright wall that at least partially defines a passenger compartment. The seat is installed to the passenger compartment adjacent to the upright wall. The tether bracket…

A tether cover structure has a trim panel, a tether bracket and a cover. The trim panel defines an opening with a lower portion being defined along an upright portion of the trim panel. An upper portion of the opening is defined along an upper horizontal ledge of the trim panel. The tether bracket…

A vehicle body structure has surfaces that define a door opening and a door. A first seal is attached to the surfaces that define the door opening surrounding the door opening. A second seal is attached to a peripheral surface of the door such that with the door in a closed orientation, the second…

A sealing assembly for a vehicle includes a receptacle, a compressible member, and a sealing member. The receptacle is configured to be connected to a vehicle component. The compressible member is connected to the receptacle. The sealing member is connected to the compressible member. The sealing…

A vehicle lamp assembly includes a lamp housing, a trim panel and a bezel. The lamp housing includes a lens, a light source and first attachment structures. The trim panel defines a first lens receiving opening. The bezel has a second lens receiving opening and second attachment structures. The…

A vehicle door structure includes an inner door panel and an impact pad. The inner door panel has an access opening that extends from an inboard surface to an outboard surface of the inner door panel. The access opening is defined by an upper edge, a lower edge, a forward edge and a rearward edge…

A vehicle rear tail lamp structure includes a rear door and a rear lamp housing. The rear door has an upper outer panel portion and a lower outer panel portion, with a rear lamp recess defined between a lower edge of the upper outer panel portion and an upper edge of the lower outer panel portion…

A cargo area accessory structure includes a basket having a frame structure dimensioned to fit between side walls of a cargo area structure and a bracket. The bracket has a first horizontal portion that is flat, a vertical portion and a second horizontal portion, The first horizontal portion is…