Abstract:
A vehicle and control method include a traction battery, a temperature sensor, current sensor, and voltage sensor associated with the traction battery, an electric machine powered by the traction battery to provide propulsive power to the vehicle, and a controller configured to control at least one of the electric machine and the traction battery in response to a battery state of charge (SOC) estimated using a battery model having parameters including a first resistance in series with a second resistance and a capacitance in parallel to the second resistance. The battery model parameters are adjusted during vehicle operation using a Kalman filter and reinitialized to new values in response to a vehicle key-on, in response to a change in the battery current exceeding a corresponding threshold, and/or in response to any of the parameter values crossing an associated limit.
Abstract:
A deterioration evaluation apparatus for a secondary battery, which evaluates a degree of deterioration of the secondary battery of a hybrid vehicle including an engine that outputs a driving power, a motor that outputs a driving power, and the secondary battery configured to exchange an electric power with the motor, includes one or more processors configured to evaluate the degree of deterioration of the secondary battery based on a first relationship. The first relationship is set by using an accelerator operation amount and an operation point. The operation point includes a rotation speed of the engine and a load factor of the engine. The first relationship is a relationship between the operation point and a load on the secondary battery when the engine is operated at the operation point.
Abstract:
Degradation degree table is a degradation degree table that describes a degradation degree of a secondary battery when the secondary battery is charged or discharged at a prescribed current rate with prescribed frequency. Degradation degree table describes the degradation degree in each of a plurality of state of charge (SOC) regions obtained through division of an SOC range of the secondary battery into the plurality of regions. Upper limit current determining part determines an upper limit current value to be used as a current rate at a time of charge or discharge, based on an estimated SOC and a target degradation degree with reference to degradation degree table.
Abstract:
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, one or more processors receive a fuel sensor reading from a fuel sensor on a vehicle. The processor(s) receive an environmental state of a route being taken by the vehicle to a destination and a biometric sensor reading that describes a biometric state of a driver of the vehicle. The processor(s) determine whether the remaining fuel will be sufficient for the vehicle to reach the destination subject to the constraints of the environmental state of the route being taken by the vehicle and the biometric state of the driver of the vehicle, and then modify an appearance of a fuel gauge on the vehicle based on whether the remaining fuel will be sufficient for the vehicle to reach the destination.
Abstract:
A method for determining the efficiency of an electric energy system of a hybrid vehicle includes determining a measure representative of a relation between the electrical brake energy and the mechanical brake energy, by determining a requested brake energy for a first vehicle retardation, and by determining an actual electrical brake energy and the actual mechanical brake energy during the vehicle retardation, determining a new measure representative of a relation between the electrical brake energy and the mechanical brake energy at a subsequent second similar vehicle retardation, comparing the determined measures representative of a relation between the electrical brake energy and the mechanical brake energy of the first and second vehicle retardations, where the actual efficiency of the energy system is obtained from the change in the measure representative of a relation between the electrical brake energy and the mechanical brake energy of the first and second vehicle retardations.
Abstract:
Hybrid-electric and pure electric vehicles include a traction battery. During vehicle operation, impedance parameters of the traction battery may be estimated. To ensure accurate estimation results, certain persistent excitation criteria may be met. These conditions may not always be met, in which case active excitation of the traction battery power demand may be initiated. The invocation of active battery excitation may be based on a variability of estimates of a battery parameter and an age of a most recent estimate of the battery parameter. As the variability of the parameter estimates increases, the time between active battery excitation requests may decrease.
Abstract:
A system includes a hybrid power train including an engine, a first electrical torque provider, and a second electrical torque provider. The system further includes a load mechanically coupled to the hybrid power train. The hybrid power train further includes a clutch coupled to the engine and the second electrical torque provider on a first side, and coupled to the first electrical torque provider and the load on a second side. The system further includes an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the electrical torque providers. The system further includes a controller that performs operations to smooth torque commands for the engine and the second electrical torque provider in response to determining that a clutch engage-disengage event occurring or imminent.
Abstract:
A navigation device includes: a degradation coefficient determination unit that determines a degradation coefficient representing a degradation level of a battery that supplies a vehicle with electric power; a current location calculation unit that calculates a current location of the vehicle; a vicinity map display unit that displays a vicinity map of the current location of the vehicle on a display screen; a cruising range calculation unit that calculates a first cruising range of the vehicle based on a remaining amount of the battery and a full charge amount of the battery contained in charging information received from the battery; a second cruising range calculation unit that calculates a second cruising range, which is smaller than the first cruising range, based on the degradation coefficient and the first cruising range; and a cruising range display unit that performs a display representing the second cruising range on the vicinity map.
Abstract:
A vehicle battery diagnosis system diagnoses the state of use of a battery of a vehicle, and includes: an information accumulation portion that accumulates diagnostic information that includes a use condition regarding the battery; a control plan presentation portion that presents a plurality of control plans about the vehicle for increasing the service life of the battery on the basis of the diagnostic information; and an information changing portion that changes control information regarding the control of the vehicle which is retained in a vehicle-mounted ECU of the vehicle so that the control information corresponds to a control plan selected from the plurality of control plans.
Abstract:
A method includes operating a hybrid power train having an internal combustion engine, at least one electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the electrical torque provider(s). The method further includes determining a machine power demand, and determining a power division description in response to the machine power demand. The method further includes interpreting a state-of-health (SOH) for the electrical energy storage device, and in response to the SOH for the electrical energy storage device, adjusting the power division description.