This invention relates to the field of thermal management for
new energy vehicles, specifically to an
environmental temperature estimation system and method for range-extended electric commercial vehicles. The
system acquires the current temperature values of multiple available temperature sources for the entire vehicle in real time. Based on the current operating status of the vehicle, it dynamically assesses and filters the availability of each available temperature source. From the available temperature sources, it selects one or more temperature sources with high
thermal inertia, no active heat source, or minimal
thermal impact to form a candidate temperature set, and then performs a minimum value selection process, using the minimum value as the preliminary
environmental temperature estimate. The preliminary
environmental temperature estimate undergoes a rate of change rationality check and
smoothing filter, outputting the final environmental temperature estimate. From the vehicle's existing temperature sensor network, it dynamically selects the
signal closest to the actual environmental temperature as the
estimation source, performs validity checks and data fusion, and finally outputs a reliable environmental temperature estimate, thereby completely replacing dedicated environmental temperature sensors and achieving hardware cost reduction.