Abstract: Control method for an electric road vehicle comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of virtual gears, each of which determines a respective torque limit profile deliverable by the power train system to the wheels as the velocity varies; detecting, upon actuation of an interface system by the driver, while driving, a selection for one of the virtual gears currently set by the driver; and delivering a drive torque to the at least two wheels as a function of said selection; wherein at least one profile of the plurality of virtual gear profiles comprises an angular point at which, as the velocity of the road vehicle increases, the torque delivered to the wheels is at least partially cut off.

Abstract: A control panel for a vehicle and comprising: a flat main body having at least one first through opening, which is obtained inside it and is completely surrounded by the flat main body; and a flat secondary body, which has the same shape and the same size as the first through opening of the main body, has a first face and a second face opposite one another, and is arranged in the area of the first through opening of the main body. The flat secondary body is mounted in a rotary manner in order to rotate around a rotation axis so that, by rotating each time by 180° around the rotation axis, the secondary body shows, through the first through opening of the main body, its first face or, alternatively, its second face.

Abstract: A car having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; a body; a passenger compartment, which is obtained inside the body between the front wheels and the rear wheels; a luggage compartment arranged in a rear position behind the passenger compartment and comprising a container which is delimited by a front wall and by a rear wall and is cup-shaped being open at the top; a hood which consists of an openable door of the body and is configured to close the container of the luggage compartment at the top; and an aerodynamic duct, which originates from an air intake obtained through the body and through which, in use, an air flow can flow. The aerodynamic duct passes through the container of the luggage compartment and partially consists of an inner volume of the container so that alternatively said inner volume of the container can be utilized to accommodate luggage or can be utilized to convey air along the aerodynamic duct.

Abstract: A method to control an electric power system (18) of an electric vehicle and provided with at least two electric machines and two respective electronic DC-AC power converters. The steps provided are those of: controlling a first electronic power converter with a master switching period; controlling a second electronic power converter with a slave switching period; establishing a desired time difference between a switching of the first electronic power converter and a switching of the second electronic power converter; determining an actual time difference between the switching of the first electronic power converter and the switching of the second electronic power converter; and changing, if necessary, the sole slave switching period based on a comparison between the desired time difference with the actual time difference.

Abstract: A car having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; an opposed-piston internal combustion engine and having: a crankcase, a number of cylinders obtained in the crankcase, a number of pistons twice the number of the cylinders as two opposed pistons slide in each cylinder, and two crankshafts, which are longitudinally oriented and are each connected to a respective half of the pistons arranged on a same side of the crankcase; and a gearbox, which is connected to the crankshafts of the internal combustion engine and is arranged behind the internal combustion engine. The gearbox has two clutches, each separate and far from the other clutch and connected to a corresponding crankshaft, and two input shafts, each connected to a respective clutch.

Abstract: Electric road vehicle comprising: a powertrain system comprising at least one first electric machine configured to control the motion of the drive wheels; a vehicular battery pack configured to power at least the first electric machine; a cooling system configured to cool at least the vehicular battery pack; power electronics circuitry, which is electrically interposed between the vehicular battery pack and the first electric machine and is configured to at least control the supply of electric power to at least the first electric machine; a refrigerated unit, which is cooled by said cooling system and comprises, in turn, a box-shaped case defining a housing, which is thermally insulated from the rest of the road vehicle and accommodates, on the inside and preferably side by side, both the vehicular battery pack and the power electronics circuitry.

Abstract: A cockpit for a motor vehicle is described, comprising: a first seat comprising a first seat cushion and a first backrest; and a second seat comprising a second seat cushion and a second backrest; the cockpit can be shifted into a two-seater configuration, in which the first seat is in a first position, in which it is next to the second seat along a first axis and in which the second seat cushion and the second backrest are arranged in a second and a third position; the first seat can be moved along the first axis between the first position and a fourth position, the second seat cushion can be moved between the second position and a fifth position, and the second backrest can be moved between the third position and a sixth position parallel to a second axis, which is transverse to the first axis; the cockpit is selectively movable to a single-seater configuration, in which the first seat is in the fourth position, the second seat cushion is in the fifth position and the second backrest is in the sixth positio

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body delimiting a passenger compartment and comprising a side with a door sill, a door and movable, relative to the body, between a closed position, in which it forbids access to the passenger compartment, and an open position, in which it allows access to/exit from the passenger compartment. The vehicle has an air conditioning system that comprises, an inlet duct designed to convey air to be treated; a treatment unit fluidly connected to said inlet duct and configured to treat the air to be treated; and an outlet duct fluidly connected to the treatment unit and designed to convey the treated air; and an outlet vent fluidly connected to the outlet duct and open towards the inside of the passenger compartment to convey the treated air into the passenger compartment. The outlet duct extends inside the door sill or inside the door.

Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine and having: a support cylinder, which has an outer surface and a central cavity; a plurality of permanent magnets, which are axially oriented, rest on the outer surface of the support cylinder and are arranged beside one another around a rotation axis to form a closed ring; and two end discs, which are arranged at the axially opposite ends of the support cylinder and define lateral edges of an annular seat containing the main permanent magnets. A radially outer portion of each end disc extending beyond the outer surface of the support cylinder is arranged at a non-zero axial distance from the corresponding permanent magnets.

Abstract: A car has a passenger compartment, two access doors to access the passenger compartment, and a support frame, which defines a lower floor of the car, and is provided with two under-door side members, each mounted under a relative access door and defined by a section bar with an elongated shape which is longitudinally delimited by two end faces and is laterally delimited by an outer surface, and has at least one longitudinal recess, which opens outwards in the area of the outer surface and houses, on the inside, at least one electrical wiring and/or at least one supply duct for an operating fluid.

Abstract: An exhaust unit for road vehicles has two exhaust ducts provided with respective exhaust mouths, which are arranged side by side, and have respective outlet cross sections identical to one another; each exhaust mouth being divided by a relative separating partition into two outlet channels, which are one connected with the relative exhaust duct and the other separated from the relative exhaust duct, and have respective exhaust cross sections equal to the exhaust cross sections of the corresponding outlet channels (of the other exhaust mouth).

Abstract: A vehicle electric system has an electrical connection device to connect a power supply device and at least one electric/electronic apparatus to one another, and a filtering device, which is associated with the electrical connection device to at least limit interfering voltages and/or currents generated by the electric/electronic apparatus, is powered with the electric current supplied through the electrical connection device and is provided with at least two filtering modules mounted in series to one another and connected to one another in a releasable manner.

Abstract: A battery assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a case defining an inner volume, which is fluidly isolated from outside atmospheric air, a plurality of batteries arranged within the inner volume; a passive dehydrating device and an exchange volume housing said dehydrating device. The exchange volume can selectively be shifted, relative to the case, to a first position, in which the exchange volume is fluidly connected to said the volume and fluidly isolated from outside atmospheric air, or to a second position, in which the exchange volume is fluidly isolated from the inner volume and fluidly connected to outside atmospheric air.

Abstract: A motor vehicle is described, comprising a supporting structure and a plurality of wheels rotatable relative to the supporting structure. The supporting structure comprises a face, which is adapted to be facing the ground on which the wheels rest and which defines a bottom area of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle also comprises a plurality of oblong elements. Each oblong element comprises a first end and a second end, which are arranged opposed to each other along an extension direction of the oblong element. Each oblong element is also deformable and fixed to the supporting structure on the side of the face at its first end; the second end of each oblong element is, in contrast, free and movable relative to the supporting structure.

Abstract: Movable spoiler assembly for a road vehicle comprising: a movable spoiler configured to be movably attached to a body of the road vehicle and capable of being moved between a retracted position and an extracted position; and an actuation system configured to control the movable spoiler between the retracted position and the extracted position; the actuation system comprises at least two actuators to move the movable spoiler and at least two transmission elements to operatively couple each actuator to the movable spoiler; the two actuators comprise a first actuator configured to command at least the displacement of the movable spoiler between the retracted position and the extracted position, and a second actuator configured to command at least a tilt of the movable spoiler around the longitudinal axis, so as to vary an angle of incidence of the leading edge of the spoiler.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising: a first driving member; a wheel, which is angularly integral to a first shaft, operatively connected to the first driving member and capable of rotating, in use, at a first rotation speed; and a brake; the brake can selectively be operated so as to directly exert a braking torque upon a second shaft of the motor vehicle other than the first shaft and capable of rotating at a second rotation speed, which is different from the first rotation speed; the second shaft is operatively connected to the first shaft.

Abstract: A car having: two front wheels; two rear drive wheels; an internal combustion engine which is provided with a plurality of cylinders within which respective pistons slide and a drive shaft connected to the pistons; a transmission which is interposed between the internal combustion engine and the rear drive wheels and a containing body which contains the transmission therein and has a tapered shape towards the rear so that the height of the containing body progressively reduces from the front to the rear.

Abstract: A road car has a passenger compartment, a front engine mounted in front of the passenger compartment, two under-door side members, each mounted under a relative access door of the passenger compartment, a front axle provided with a pair of front wheels, a pair of side exhaust ducts, each at least partly extending between a relative under-door side member and a relative front wheel, being at least partly aligned with the relative front wheel in a travel direction of the road car and being configured to release the exhaust gases produced by the engine and to at least limit the movement of the relative front wheel following a front crash of the road car.

Abstract: A road car is provided with a support frame for a passenger compartment, with an outer body configured to define a front compartment delimited by a front bumper and by a front hood and a rear compartment delimited by a rear hood, with a front duct extending between the front bumper and the front hood and configured to house a radiator on the inside, and with a rear duct obtained through the outer body and under the rear hood to receive at least part of an air flow fed along the front duct.

Abstract: A chassis cell for a motor vehicle defines a passenger compartment for the motor vehicle and comprises at least one shell comprising carbon fibre and at least two first walls facing one another so as to define a cavity between the first walls, characterized in that it further comprises one or more partitions comprising carbon fibre, arranged inside the cavity according to an arrangement, and each extending transversally to the first walls between two first ends respectively connected to the first walls seamlessly.