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The invention provides a charging control method of automobile charging equipment and a charging control device thereof. The automobile charging equipment is hung on a walking guide rail which is hung on the top of a parking lot, a plurality of charging base stations are arranged on the line of the walking guide rail and correspond to parking space positions of the parking lot, and the automobile charging equipment comprises a mechanical arm hanging platform and a charging host hanging platform which can be hung on the walking guide rail. The charging control method comprises the following steps: a pile taking step: a charging host mounting platform on which a charging host is mounted runs to a target charging base station, and the charging host is electrically connected with the target charging base station; a mechanical arm conveying step: the mechanical arm mounting platform assembled with the mechanical arm runs to a target charging base station and is electrically connected with the target charging base station; and a mechanical arm action step: releasing the mechanical arm from the mechanical arm mounting platform, and operating the charging gun by the mechanical arm to perform an action of inserting the charging gun into the to-be-charged vehicle.

The present invention relates to an electric energy storage (10) for a motor vehicle. A plurality of battery module groups (14) each comprise a plurality of battery modules (20) each of a plurality of battery cells. A plurality of containers (12) are stacked and each comprise a substantially frame-shaped container outer wall (18), wherein one of the plurality of battery module groups (14) is arranged in each of the plurality of containers (12). A plurality of fastening elements (16), which are elongated, extend through the container outer walls (18) of the plurality of containers (12) and fasten the containers (12) to one another. The elongated fastening elements (16) passing through all the containers (12) are advantageous in that they enable a modular, freely scalable design of the electric energy storage (10) with a free geometric configuration, low weight and costs, as well as simple, quick assembly and disassembly.

A wheel drive unit is to be fitted on a chassis of a heavy-duty vehicle. The wheel drive unit has at least one wheel shaft, configured to drive a wheel in rotation, at least one electric motor, capable of generating a torque, a gearbox for transmitting the torque of the motor(s) to the wheel shaft(s) and a transmission system between the electric motor(s) and the gearbox. The transmission system has of a gear train. A rotation axis of the electric motor is parallel to that of the wheel shaft(s).

The collection, communication, storage, monitoring, and analysis of environmental, vehicle, charger, and charging session data over a single EV or over a fleet of EVs is used to enhance or optimize existing services as well as deliver new services based on analysis of the collected data. One such service is reduction in total cost of travel. The cost minimization is achieved with near-real-time data, models populated using past collected data, and knowledge of energy costs and of chargers located in different geographic areas with potentially limited power for charging available at each charger site or station. A fleet management application used for cost minimization optimizes cost of travel for a single EV or for an entire fleet. Using individual EVs cost optimization as a goal, each EV may be optimized for potential local minimum cost of travel based on predictions using data collected from the fleet or from multiple fleets.

A transmission can include a shaft arrangement including an input shaft configured to couple to a primer mover and an output shaft coaxially aligned with the input shaft; a plurality of drive gears supported by the shaft arrangement and including a first drive gear, a second drive gear, and a third drive gear; a countershaft arrangement including a first and second countershaft supporting a plurality of pinion gears intermeshed with the first, second, and third drive gears; a clutch arrangement including a first clutch assembly and a second clutch assembly operable to lock the first, second, and third drive gears to the shaft arrangement to selectively provide four gear ratios between the input and output shafts.

A computer-implemented method performed in a vehicle control unit for controlling motion of a heavy-duty vehicle. The method includes obtaining a vehicle motion request, wherein the vehicle motion request is indicative of a target curvature and a target acceleration, determining a motion support device, MSD, control allocation based on the vehicle motion request, determining a dynamic wheel slip angle limit based on the vehicle motion request, where dynamic wheel slip angle limit increases with a decreasing target acceleration, and controlling the motion of the heavy-duty vehicle based on the MSD control allocation constrained by the dynamic wheel slip angle limit.

A method for decelerating a vehicle, a non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing the method, and reception apparatuses. The method includes monitoring a state of a driver of the vehicle, and causing a notification to be output based on the monitored state of the driver. The method further includes determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus and when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate after the notification is output. The vehicle is caused by the circuitry to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate.

A retrofitted bus featuring a progressive floor elevation system that gradually increases the height of modular flooring sections from front to rear, creating additional underfloor storage space and improving passenger visibility. The bus incorporates elevated passenger seating assemblies with rigid support structures and adjustable footrests for enhanced comfort and accessibility. The retrofitted stowage space may include insulation, climate control, and video monitoring systems. An engine safety cover, constructed from fire-resistant, thermally insulating, and structurally reinforced materials, integrates an extinguishing system for fire suppression. A swing-down egress mechanism at the rear of the bus serves as a structural component during normal operation and converts to an evacuation slide or stairs during emergencies.

A method for estimating an operating parameter of a battery unit (202) in an energy storage system (200) of a vehicle (201) using a set of first estimators, each first estimator being configured to estimate a state residual size of the battery unit based on a given initial value of said operating parameter and using a prediction model, the operating parameter being indicative of one of capacity and impedance of the battery unit, the method comprising: —obtaining measurement data relating to operating conditions of the energy storage system at a number of points in time tk, —providing a set of initial values of said operating parameter, each initial value being associated with one of said first estimators, —using the set of first estimators, estimating (103) a set of state residual sizes of the battery unit at each point in time tk based on at least the measurement data and on the associated initial values, —determining a first operating parameter estimate of the battery unit based on the estimated set of state residual sizes, —estimating the operating parameter of the battery unit as a function of time based on at least said first operating parameter estimate, wherein estimating the set of state residual sizes comprises using a recursive algorithm for estimating the state residual size of each element of a set of state residuals, each estimated state residual size being determined based on the state residual size as estimated at a previous point in time tk−1 and a current magnitude of the state residual.

Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage medium for improving the efficiency of charging a fleet of electric vehicle (EV) that follow a prescribed route. The efficiency of charging the fleet of electric vehicle is improved by receiving telemetry data from the fleet of EVs, receiving charger data from a plurality of charges along the prescribed route, determining a charging plan for the fleet of the EVs based on a total cost per distance (TCD) of travel over each of the plurality of route segments that comprise the prescribed route and controlling a particular charger along the prescribed route to charge one of the EVs according to the charging plan.

A retrofitted bus featuring a progressive floor elevation system that gradually increases the height of modular flooring sections from front to rear, creating additional underfloor storage space and improving passenger visibility. The bus incorporates elevated passenger seating assemblies with rigid support structures and adjustable footrests for enhanced comfort and accessibility. The retrofitted stowage space may include insulation, climate control, and video monitoring systems. An engine safety cover, constructed from fire-resistant, thermally insulating, and structurally reinforced materials, integrates an extinguishing system for fire suppression. A swing-down egress mechanism at the rear of the bus serves as a structural component during normal operation and converts to an evacuation slide or stairs during emergencies.

A method for controlling electrical connection of at least two battery packs (202, 203) of an energy storage System (200) of a vehicle (201) to a common load during operation of the vehicle, each one of the battery packs being connectable to the load via at least one respective switching device, the method comprising: —receiving measurement data relating to current operating conditions of the energy storage System, —based on at least the measurement data, estimating at least one battery state of each one of the battery packs, wherein said at least one battery state is at least one of an open circuit voltage and a state of charge, —based on the estimated at least one battery state of each one of the battery packs, controlling electrical connection of each battery pack to the load via the at least one respective switching device.

The following invention relates, in a first aspect, to a pressure vessel for receiving and storing gases, more particularly hydrogen. The pressure vessel comprises a main body of metal together with an outer shell, the outer shell having sensor elements and reinforcing elements, with optional transmitters and / or receivers of information and electric fields present optionally in the outer shell. The present invention also relates to corresponding pressure storage systems having pressure vessels of this type, to devices having fuel cells and pressure vessels according to the invention, and to methods for producing said pressure vessels.

The invention provides a charging control method of automobile charging equipment and a charging control device thereof. The automobile charging equipment is hung on a walking guide rail hung on the top of a parking lot, charging base stations connected with charging guns are arranged along the walking guide rail and correspond to parking spaces of the parking lot, and the automobile charging equipment comprises a charging host hanging platform and a charging host detachably hung on the charging host hanging platform. The charging control method comprises the steps that a charging host mounting platform receives a charging instruction for carrying a charging host to a target charging base station to execute a charging task; the charging host mounting platform runs to the charging host and mounts the charging host; the charging host mounting platform on which the charging host is mounted runs to a target charging base station; and the charging host mounting platform unloads the charging host and enables the charging host to be in electric butt joint with the target charging base station, and a movable plug-in module of the charging host is electrically connected with a static plug-in module of the charging base station, so that the charging host charges the vehicle through a charging gun connected with the charging base station.

A method for estimating a battery state of an energy storage system of a vehicle using a dual estimator. The energy storage system comprises a battery unit, and the dual estimator comprises a first estimator configured to estimate said battery state, the first estimator having first tuning parameters, a second estimator configured to track changes around nominal values of a set of battery parameters, the second estimator having second tuning parameters. The method comprises obtaining operational data of the energy storage system, feeding the operational data to the estimators, using the first estimator, estimating the battery state, using the second estimator, estimating changes around the nominal values of the set of battery parameters, and at least one of adaptively adjusting the first and / or second tuning parameters and adaptively adjusting the nominal values of the set of battery parameters to account for slow timescale variations arising due to ageing.

A novel door and partition assembly for transit vehicles is provided. The door extends from the floor to the ceiling of the transit vehicle and the partition extends from the floor to the ceiling of the transit vehicle and to the windshield and dashboard area such that passengers cannot reach around the door and partition assembly into the operator's area. A novel locking mechanism is provided having an external and internal release mechanism which allows the operator to enter and exit the operator's area of a transit vehicle having the novel door and partition assembly.

The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for operating an autonomous vehicle based on sensor data representative of an area in a driving direction of and in the vicinity of the vehicle. The vehicle is equipped with a control unit adapted to determine if a plurality of detailed actions to be performed by the vehicle successfully may be used for fulfilling a desired general action plan for the vehicle. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding control system and to a computer program product.

A method in a vehicle for estimating vehicle motion state during a vehicle maneuver, comprising; obtaining a trigger signal indicating an onset of the vehicle maneuver, selecting a sub-set of wheels on the vehicle to be in a free-rolling condition, measuring one or more parameters related to revolution of the sub-set of wheels in free-rolling condition, and estimating the vehicle motion state based on the measured parameters.

A method for estimating a battery state of an energy storage system (200) of a vehicle (201) using at least a dual estimator (301), wherein the energy storage system comprises a battery unit (202), and wherein the dual estimator comprises: a first estimator configured to estimate said battery state using a prediction model, the first estimator having first tuning parameters, a second estimator configured to track changes around nominal values of a set of battery parameters, the second estimator having second tuning parameters, a feedback loop being provided between the first and second estimators, the method comprising: obtaining operational data of the energy storage system, determining whether the operational data fulfil a defined sensitivity criterion with respect to a sensitivity to at least one of the battery parameters, feeding the operational data to the estimators, using the first estimator, estimating the battery state, using the second estimator, for each battery parameter for which the sensitivity criterion is fulfilled, estimating changes around the nominal values of the set of battery parameters.

The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for implementing power a power split between a first and a second power source in a fuel cell powertrain system. The method includes receiving an input into a processor of the fuel cell powertrain system, determining an output by the processor, communicating the output by the processor to a system controller and determining a power split by the system controller. The first power source includes a fuel cell system and the second power source is selected from a battery system or an engine, and the input includes a life or health of at least one of the first power source or the second power source.

An efficiency-based powertrain control system and method to provide real-time optimization of powertrain efficiency for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

A charging system includes: a power converter configured to receive power from an external power network to generate charging power for electric buses; power rails electrically connected to the power converter and installed at a predetermined height according to a layout of a garage; a first charging network configured to horizontally move above a floor in the garage along the electric power rails to upper sides of the electric buses to contact the electric buses; a second charging network electrically connected to the power converter and providing a charging zone on a bottom surface of the garage by reflecting the layout to contact the electric buses parked in the charging zone; and a station controller configured to control a charging sequence of the electric buses by analyzing position information of the electric buses and calculating a shortest movement path and a charging order of the first charging network.

A computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive an engine restart request for restarting an engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is moving; receive, directly from the engine, a signal encoding a real-time rotational speed of the engine; and control an actuator to gradually engage a clutch of a transmission coupled to rotating wheels of the vehicle in such a way that a rate of change of the real-time rotational speed of the engine is kept below a predefined threshold rate of change.

The invention discloses a hybrid bus energy-saving optimization control method and system and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: building an HEB traffic digraph based on the impact priority of traffic element distance on HEB of a hybrid bus, and constructing a multi-dimensional tensor composed of a vehicle state and traffic information; reducing the dimension of an input multi-dimensional matrix into a one-dimensional vector for the traffic directed graph through an edge-enhanced graph convolutional neural network EGCN to obtain spatial characteristics of data; eGCN embedded reinforcement learning is combined with a deep neural network DNN to form an ecological driving strategy; and the output of the ecological driving strategy is used as the input state of the energy management strategy to establish an information bridge, so that HEB speed planning at the traffic level and energy management at the power system level are collaboratively optimized, and HEB energy consumption and life decline of the power system are reduced.

The invention relates to a positioning unit (12) and a method for establishing an electrically conductive connection between a stationary charging station (10) and a vehicle (24), in particular an electric bus or the like, a contact device (15) having an electric charging contact (19) of the positioning unit being movable in relation to a charging-contact surface (21) and being contactable therewith by means of the positioning unit, the positioning unit having a positioning device (13) and a drive device (14) for driving the positioning device, the charging contact being able to be positioned between a contact position (18) for transmitting power and a retracted position for interrupting power transmission by means of the positioning device, the positioning unit comprising a cover device (25) having an apron (26), the apron surrounding at least sections, preferably the entirety of, the contact device and being movable towards the contact position.

Systems and methods for electrically isolating a high voltage continuously producing power source. In one embodiment, a high voltage continuously producing power supplying system for supplying high voltage electrical power to an automotive system includes a plurality of components configured to supply the high voltage electrical power to the automotive system and a high voltage power controller configured to receive the high voltage electrical power from the plurality of components. The system further includes an electrical isolation device configured to electrically isolate at least one of the plurality of components. The high voltage power controller is configured to detect that a fault state of the automotive system has occurred and when the detected fault state is detected, the high voltage power controller is configured to trigger the electrical isolation device to disconnect the at least one of the plurality of components from the automotive system.

The invention relates to a power supply device for a vehicle, in particular for a utility vehicle, such as an electric bus or an electric truck, comprising: at least one contact head (4) which can be brought into contact with a docking device (5) in order to form an electric connection; at least a first pivot arm (2) which is connected to the at least one contact head (4) and which can be rotatably connected to the vehicle (1); and a return device (15). According to the invention, the return device (15) is designed to abut against the at least first pivot arm (2) and to depart from the at least first pivot arm (2) with respect to a follower of the at least first pivot arm (2). As a result, a reliable return of the first pivot arm (2) can be achieved.

A power storage module which includes a plurality of batteries connected in series and is capable of controlling operation of a heater on the basis of a battery with the lowest battery temperature is provided. The power storage module includes a first battery and a second battery connected in series, the heater, and a control circuit; the heater is provided close to the first battery and the second battery and is electrically connected to an IC included in the control circuit; the control circuit includes a first voltage sensor that senses a voltage of the first battery, a second voltage sensor that senses a voltage of the second battery, and a current sensor that senses a current flowing through the first battery and the second battery; and in charging the first battery and the second battery, the heater is turned on by a signal from the IC in the case where a differential voltage between a first peak voltage of dQ / dV calculated from a detection value of each of the first voltage sensor and the current sensor and a second peak voltage of dQ / dV calculated from a detection value of each of the second voltage sensor and the current sensor is higher than or equal to 5 mV.

Charging station for electric vehicles comprising: a converter, a charging cable (20, 24) for establishing an electrical connection between the converter and an electric vehicle to be charged, an adapter unit (22), a linear receptacle (38) arranged remote from the floor and a linear guide (66, 68), wherein the charging cable (20, 24) has a first charging cable section (20) and a second charging cable section (24) which are connected to one another via the adapter unit (22), wherein the linear receptacle (38) is designed to receive the second charging cable section (24) when not in use and wherein the linear receptacle (38) and the adapter unit (22) are arranged displaceably on the linear guide (66, 68).

A method of providing turning path guidance for a vehicle includes determining parameters of a turn region of a roadway using a controller of the turning path guidance system. The parameters include lane data and turning angle data. Positions of objects in and around the turn region of the roadway are detected using a sensor system of the vehicle. A map of the turn region is generated based on the lane data, turning angle data and that shows the detected objects using the controller. A turning path for the vehicle for navigating the turn in the turn region that avoids the detected objects is determined using the controller. The map with the turning path is displayed on a display screen in the vehicle.