Abstract: A vehicle including a vehicle body and a diffuser configured to alter aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle mounted to the vehicle body. The diffuser may include a housing attached to the vehicle bod and a fabric panel attached to the housing that is configured to move between a stowed position located within the housing and a deployed position where the fabric panel extends outward from the housing and relative to the vehicle body, where the fabric panel alters the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle when in the deployed position. At least one strut is configured to support the fabric panel when the fabric panel is in the deployed position and be stowed with the fabric panel in the housing when the fabric panel is in the stowed position.

Abstract: A system and method of operating a vehicle includes determining a condition of the vehicle, changing a camber of at least one tire in response to the condition and changing a contact patch from a first portion of the at least one tire from a first portion to a second portion. The first portion has different rolling characteristics from the first portion.

Abstract: Charging control techniques for a high voltage battery system of an electrified vehicle utilizes a multi input, single output (MISO) direct current to direct current (DC-DC) charging module configured to connect to two distinct DC power sources and to the high voltage battery system and a controller configured to control the MISO DC-DC charging module to receive, from first and second DC power sources, first and second DC inputs at first and second duty cycles, respectively, merge the two DC inputs into a single DC output at a higher third duty cycle, and output the single DC output to charge the high voltage battery system, wherein the single DC output at the higher third duty cycle provides for faster charging of the high voltage battery system compared to one of the two DC inputs at the respective lower first or second duty cycles.