Abstract: A lifting tool for replacing a battery pack in an electric vehicle is provided. A body has a lifting interface that is attachable to an external lifting aid. A first arm is provided with a first lifting arrangement and a second arm is provided with a second lifting arrangement, where the battery pack is adapted to be positioned between the arms when the lifting tool is to lift and hold a battery pack. The lifting tool includes locking pins adapted to be inserted horizontally through the lifting arrangements of the lifting tool and the lifting openings of the battery pack, such that the locking pins secure the battery pack to the lifting tool.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 3, 2022
Publication date:
November 10, 2022
Applicant:
VOLVO BUS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Björn MAGNUSSON, Conny ÅKESSON, Sebastian WALLENBERG
Abstract: A method and system are provided for adapting a vehicle control strategy of an on-road vehicle following a reoccurring fixed route to a predetermined destination, which fixed route extends through at least one geographical zone associated with at least one environmental restriction. When it is determined that the vehicle is approaching the geographical zone, historical data collected from previous passages of one or several vehicles through the zone is accessed, and the vehicle control strategy inside the geographical zone is adapted based on the historical data and the environmental restriction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 18, 2019
Publication date:
February 13, 2020
Applicant:
VOLVO BUS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Edward Jobson, Ulf Gustafsson, Martin Sanne, Roger Andersson
Abstract: A method and system are provided for adapting a vehicle control strategy of an on-road vehicle following a reoccurring fixed route to a predetermined destination, which fixed route extends through at least one geographical zone associated with at least one environmental restriction. When it is determined that the vehicle is approaching the geographical zone, historical data collected from previous passages of one or several vehicles through the zone is accessed, and the vehicle control strategy inside the geographical zone is adapted based on the historical data and the environmental restriction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 26, 2019
Assignee:
VOLVO BUS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Edward Jobson, Ulf Gustafsson, Martin Sanne, Roger Andersson
Abstract: A method and system are provided for adapting a vehicle control strategy of an on-road vehicle following a reoccurring fixed route to a predetermined destination, which fixed route extends through at least one geographical zone associated with at least one environmental restriction. When it is determined that the vehicle is approaching the geographical zone, historical data collected from previous passages of one or several vehicles through the zone is accessed, and the vehicle control strategy inside the geographical zone is adapted based on the historical data and the environmental restriction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 15, 2015
Publication date:
June 21, 2018
Applicant:
VOLVO BUS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Edward JOBSON, Ulf GUSTAFSSON, Martin SANNE, Roger ANDERSSON