Abstract: A system for the storage of electric energy for a vehicle with electric propulsion, which presents a longitudinal direction, which is parallel to the direction of the rectilinear motion, and a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the storage system is provided with a pack of chemical batteries, which are connected to each other in series and in parallel and comprise respective electrochemical cells; each chemical battery has a cylindrical shape having a central symmetry axis; and a support matrix made of plastic material is provided, inside which the chemical batteries are embedded so that the chemical batteries are completely covered by the support matrix itself.

Abstract: A vehicle with electric propulsion, having: a floor which makes up a bottom wall of the compartment and is provided with a bottom panel beneath which there is the external environment; a motor propulsion system provided with at least one electric machine; and a system for the storage of electric energy which lies on the bottom panel and is provided with a pack of chemical batteries, which are connected to each other in series and in parallel and have respective electrochemical cells; the support panel has, for each chemical battery, a corresponding through hole which makes up a corresponding evacuation opening; and each chemical battery is provided with an outlet duct, which connects a safety valve of the chemical battery to the corresponding evacuation opening obtained through the support panel.

Abstract: A rear spoiler with adjustable aerodynamic profiles for a high performance road vehicle, the rear spoiler including: at least one fin-shaped support, a first adjustable aerodynamic profile that is mounted onto the fin-shaped support and that rotates around a first rotational axis, and a second adjustable aerodynamic profile that is mounted onto the fin-shaped support at a different height than the first aerodynamic profile and that rotates around a second rotational axis, that is parallel to the first rotational axis, and in an opposite direction with respect to the rotation of the first aerodynamic profile, wherein the first rotational axis is located close to a trailing edge of the first aerodynamic profile and the second rotational axis is located close to a leading edge of the second aerodynamic profile.

Abstract: A method to control a high performance road vehicle equipped with a rear spoiler that has at least one adjustable aerodynamic profile, the control method includes the steps of: detecting the tendency to oversteer or understeer when cornering, adjusting the setting of the adjustable aerodynamic profile of the rear spoiler to a greater angle of incidence in order to increase the overall downforce generated by the rear spoiler if oversteering is detected when cornering, and adjusting the setting of the adjustable aerodynamic profile of the rear spoiler to a lower value of the angle of incidence in order to reduce the overall downforce generated by the rear spoiler if understeering is detected when cornering.

Abstract: A vehicle with electric propulsion, which presents a longitudinal direction, which is parallel to the direction of the rectilinear motion, and a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; storage system is provided with a pack of chemical batteries, which are connected to each other in series and in parallel and comprise respective electrochemical cells; each chemical battery has a cylindrical shape having a central symmetry axis; and the storage system is fitted inside the vehicle in such a way that the central symmetry axis of each chemical battery is not parallel either to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle or to the transverse direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and unit to control a steering system for a road vehicle, which steering system adjusts the steering angle of the front wheels of the road vehicle by means of a steering wheel; in a preliminary design and optimization step, an actual transmission error is determined, caused by the mechanical structure of a transmission device of the steering wheel which mechanically connects a steering wheel to a steering rod mechanically connected to the hubs of the front wheels; the current angular position of the steering wheel is measured; and the intensity of the servoassistance force applied by a servomechanism to the steering rod is changed as a function of the current angular position of the steering wheel and as a function of the actual transmission error.

Abstract: A connecting device for the fluid-tight connection of a first and a second duct provided with a connector having a fixed electrical connection terminal; a mobile electrical connector for establishing an electrical connection with the fixed electrical connection terminal; a control unit suited to check the presence of a connection between the fixed electrical connection terminal and the mobile electrical connector; and an intermediate connecting body interposed in use between the connector and the mobile electrical connector, suited to establish an electrical connection between the fixed electrical connection terminal and the mobile electrical connector and suited to allow the fixed electrical connection terminal and the mobile electrical connector to be coupled to each other, only when there is a fluid-tight joint between the two ducts.

Abstract: A control method for an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the determination of an optimal camber angle of the active suspension includes the steps of: estimating the slip angle of the wheel of the active suspension; estimating the vertical force which weighs on the wheel of the active suspension; estimating the transverse force which is transferred to the ground by the wheel of the active suspension as a function of the slip angle of the wheel of the active suspension and as a function of the vertical force which weighs on the wheel of the active suspension; and determines the optimal camber angle as a function of the transverse force which is transferred to the ground by the wheel of the active suspension.

Abstract: A control method of the toe and camber angles of rear active suspensions of a vehicle; the control method includes the steps of: detecting when the vehicle follows a curved trajectory; conferring negative toe angles combined with zero camber angles to the rear active suspensions, when starting the curved trajectory and when the vehicle enters the curved trajectory; and conferring positive camber angles combined with negative toe angles to the rear active suspensions, while following the curved trajectory and when the vehicle is inscribed in the curved trajectory.