Abstract: A device includes a data collection device for collecting real-time information of a plurality of charging stations, of at least one vehicle related to the plurality of charging stations, related to external environmental factors based on a specified period, a data storage device for updating and storing the real-time information of the plurality of charging stations, of the at least one vehicle, and related to the external environmental factors based on the specified period, a data processing device for generating processing information for selecting charging stations based on the real-time information of the plurality of charging stations, of the at least one vehicle, and related to the external environmental factors, and a data application device for generating a charging station list for recommending charging stations to an ego vehicle based on at least some of the processing information generated by the data processing device.

Abstract: In a method and a system for controlling a secure boot of a vehicle controller, when a first vehicle controller performs a normal boot as an error occurs in a parity bit of a firmware image, in the process of performing the secure boot by vehicle controllers related to autonomous driving, the first vehicle controller recovers firmware by internetworking with a second vehicle controller that is successful in the secure boot to perform the secure boot thereafter. The method includes performing, by a first vehicle controller, a normal boot, when the error occurs in the parity bit of the firmware image related to the secure boot, and recovering, by the first vehicle controller, the firmware image by internetworking with the second vehicle controller that is successful in the secure boot.

Abstract: A constant velocity joint assembly integrated with a wheel hub device may include an internal race coupled to an end portion of a driveshaft, a plurality of joint balls held in the internal race, and a hub housing accommodating and coupling the internal race holding the joint balls therein, with a bearing coupled to an external circumferential surface thereof, the hub housing provided as an external race of a constant velocity joint and the wheel hub device.

Abstract: A cooling circuit for a vehicle may include a plurality of cylinder heads into which cooling water is continuously introduced from a plurality of cylinder blocks oppositely disposed parallel with each other, wherein a flow control valve may include a head port, through which the cooling water discharged from the plurality of cylinder heads is joined and the joined cooling water is introduced into the flow control valve, and wherein the flow control valve also may include a set of ports including a radiator port, a heat exchanger port, and a heater core port, through which the cooling water introduced into the flow control valve is discharged towards a radiator, an oil heat exchanger, and a heater core, respectively.

Abstract: A vehicle muffler may include first to third baffles to partition the internal to a housing into first to fourth chambers; a suction tube penetrating the housing, the first to third baffles in series, having an inlet at outside of the housing and an outlet in the fourth chamber, and having through-holes in the section locating in the first to third chambers; a first discharge tube penetrating the first and second baffles and the housing in series, having an inlet on the first baffle, and an outlet at outside of the housing; a second discharge tube penetrating the second and third baffles, and the housing in series, having an inlet in the second chamber, and an outlet at the outside of the housing; and a connection tube penetrating the second and third baffles in series, having an inlet in the second chamber, and an outlet in the fourth chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing tire noise may include a rim with a tire mounted thereto in a wheel; a resonance tube provided along an external circumferential surface of the rim, and configured such that a first edge portion thereof in a width direction is provided with a first flange locked to a first side wall of the rim and a second edge portion thereof in the width direction is provided with a second flange; a strap provided along the external circumferential surface of the rim to surround the second flange of the resonance tube such that the resonance tube is brought into contact with the external circumferential surface of the rim; and a protruding portion configured to protrude from the external circumferential surface of the rim to prevent the resonance tube and the strap from being moved in the width direction thereof.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electric oil pump driven by a motor, may include changing, by a controller, a frequency of a current applied to the motor with a predetermined control cycle to control RPM of the motor to instantaneously change into a different value according to a frequency change.

Abstract: A method of preventing surge for a vehicle may include detecting, by a controller, whether tip-out of an accelerator pedal is detected, comparing, by the controller, a difference value, obtained by subtracting an exhaust pressure from an intake pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine, with a predetermined reference value when the tip-out of the accelerator pedal is detected, driving, by the controller, a supercharger disposed at the rear end portion of a turbocharger at a predetermined number of revolutions per minute, which is lower than a normal number of revolutions per minute, when the difference value is greater than the reference value, and opening a bypass valve, which performs opening or closing operation and is disposed in a bypass line that diverges from an upstream point of the supercharger and is connected to a downstream point of the supercharger.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission may include a first input shaft having a plurality of odd stage driving gears; a second input shaft disposed to have a concentric shaft with the first input shaft and including a plurality of even stage driving gears; an output shaft; a counter shaft disposed parallel to the first input shaft, the second input shaft, and the output shaft to continuously transfer power to the output shaft and including odd stage driven gears engaged with the odd stage driving gears and even stage driven gears engaged with the even stage driving gears; a plurality of synchronous devices; a plurality of shift forks coupled to the plurality of synchronous devices; and one shift rail provided to commonly guide a linear sliding of the plurality of shift forks.

Abstract: A method of controlling driving of a CVT vehicle during cornering performed by a controller, may include determining whether it is necessary to perform an auxiliary control process to enhance a re-acceleration response after entering the corner, by determining a travelling state of the vehicle; setting a target gear ratio instead of a gear ratio obtained based on a shift pattern when the determining produces an affirmative result indicating that it is necessary to perform the auxiliary control process; and performing gear shifting of a CVT to follow the target gear ratio set in the setting of the gear ratio.

Abstract: A method of predicting a driving condition of a vehicle may include selecting a first prediction position where a vehicle is predicted to pass afterward while driving and predicting a first driving load of the vehicle at the first prediction position; when the vehicle reaches the first prediction position, measuring a driving condition of the vehicle at the first prediction position; and predicting a second driving load at a second prediction position where the vehicle is predicted to pass afterward by reflecting an error between the first driving load at the first prediction position and the real driving condition at the first prediction position.

Abstract: A cooling system for an engine, may include a low temperature radiator; an intercooler installed to receive a coolant cooled from the low temperature radiator and restore the coolant to the low temperature radiator again after heat exchange; a water pump installed to supply the coolant to the intercooler by pumping the coolant cooled from the low temperature radiator; a motorized supercharger installed to receive the coolant from the intercooler; and a reservoir installed to store the coolant passing through the motorized supercharger and deliver the coolant to a coolant line between the low temperature radiator and the water pump.

Abstract: An apparatus for a hood latch of a vehicle may include a hood, wherein the hood is completely closed by an operation of a cinching mechanism when the incomplete closing of the hood is detected to perform the closing of the hood, preventing a safety accident.

Abstract: A transmission for an electric vehicle, may include a concentric deceleration device for receiving power from a motor shaft and for decelerating; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft; a hollow shaft rotatably provided on the input shaft; a clutch device provided to switch the transmission state of power from the input shaft to the hollow shaft; a first synchronizer having a hub fixed to the input shaft; a second synchronizer having a hub fixed to the hollow shaft; a plurality of driving gears having different sizes and provided on the input shaft and the hollow shaft to be engaged with at least one of the first synchronizer and the second synchronizer; and a plurality of driven gears provided on the output shaft to be engaged with the plurality of driving gears to form different shift ratios, respectively.

Abstract: A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.

Abstract: A rear spoiler apparatus for a vehicle may include a main flap which is deployed by an operation force from an actuator and a support flap which is additionally deployed from the main flap, in which the support flap rotates to open together when the main flap rotates and the open angle of the support flap is greater than the open angle of the support flap.

Abstract: A control method for a vehicle with a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) may include: determining whether it is a wheel speed-unknown state by a TCU, determining whether an input shaft speed sensor is in a normal state when it is the wheel speed-unknown state, determining whether IG-OFF occurs when it is the wheel speed-unknown state and the input shaft speed sensor IS for is in a normal state, storing information related to the current wheel speed-unknown state and an output shaft speed of the DCT determined by the input shaft speed sensor, determining whether the TCU is not in TCU latch-off and whether it was the wheel speed-unknown state immediately before IG-OFF on the basis of the stored data, when IG-ON occurs, and performing pre-engaging on the basis of the DCT output shaft speed stored immediately after IG-OFF, when the TCU is not in latch-off and it was the wheel speed-unknown state immediately before IG-OFF.

Abstract: A shifting control method for a vehicle with a dual clutch transmission (DCT), the shifting control method may include controlling engine torque to be increased according to reserve demand torque by giving the reserve demand torque of an engine to be increased to a predetermined value or more when if a controller determines that the vehicle enters a manual power off and downshift shifting; controlling, by the controller, a release side clutch to be released; controlling, by the controller, an engine torque to perform a control so that engine speed follows coupling side input shaft speed; and completing the shifting by performing a control so that a coupling side clutch is coupled when it is determined that the actual shift is completed.

Abstract: A method for controlling a driving mode of an autonomous driving vehicle, may include comparing a current vehicle speed with a reference vehicle speed when a driving mode change signal is generated during driving of the autonomous driving vehicle in manual driving mode; stopping the manual driving mode and executing autonomous driving mode when a result of the comparing indicates that the current vehicle speed is equal to or slower than the reference vehicle speed; and executing the autonomous driving mode or maintaining the manual driving mode which is a current driving mode, depending on a determination result of whether an APS signal is generated or not, when the result of the comparing indicates that current vehicle speed exceeds the reference vehicle speed.

Abstract: A method for controlling a pulley of a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission may include: determining, by a controller, a pulley target torque and a target pulley ratio, upon detecting disturbance of the vehicle; determining, by the controller, target pressures of a driving pulley and a driven pulley based on the pulley target torque and the target pulley ratio and comparing the target pressures with each other; and controlling, by the controller, a pressure of a pulley having a larger target pressure in the comparing to be a maximum pressure generatable depending on a traveling situation of the vehicle and controlling a pressure of the other pulley to be increased to a correction pressure for implementing the target pulley ratio.