Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.

Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.

Abstract: An apparatus and method control regenerative braking torque of an electric vehicle on which an anti-lock brake system (ABS) is mounted. The apparatus and method can compensate the regenerative braking torque of the driving motor based on the behavior model of the electric vehicle, such that the ABS is prevented from entering an operating range to the maximum limit to maximize the energy recovery rate through regenerative braking. The apparatus includes a disturbance extractor that extracts a disturbance in a specific frequency band from a difference between a behavior model and an actual behavior of the electric vehicle. The apparatus includes a torque compensator that compensates for the regenerative braking torque based on the disturbance extracted by the disturbance extractor.

Abstract: A secondary battery and a module thereof is disclosed, which has an electrode assembly and a case into which the electrode assembly is inserted. The case has an inner side with a coating layer containing a gas absorbing material, which absorbs or desorbs internal gas depending on the temperature inside the case. The secondary battery may enhance safety, in terms of improving battery heat transfer and preventing fire, by not only absorbing internal gas at normal operating temperatures but also desorbing internal gas at high temperatures. This may allow the secondary battery to regulate the internal gas emission point based on an internal pressure critical point when the battery is exposed to an abnormally high temperature. In addition, the secondary battery inhibits deformation of the battery case and is highly effective in preventing degradation of the battery performance by regulating the pressure inside the battery case.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, includes an additive having metal ion adsorbability and capable of forming a stable ion conductive film on the surface of an electrode. In some embodiments, a lithium secondary battery including the same has an improved an abnormal voltage drop phenomenon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for activating a secondary battery. The present invention comprises: a primary charging step of charging a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte; a room temperature-aging step of storing, at a room temperature, the secondary battery that has undergone the primary charging step; and a high temperature-aging step of storing, at a high temperature, the secondary battery that has undergone the room temperature-aging step, wherein charging/discharging is performed by alternately applying + current and ? current to the secondary battery at the end of the primary charging step. The method for activating a secondary battery according to the present invention includes alternately applying + current and ? current to the secondary battery at the end of the primary charging step to stabilize an SEI film, thereby shortening a following-up aging time.

Abstract: A turning control system of a vehicle includes: a database storing road information; a sensor part to detect a steering angle of a vehicle, a wheel speed of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is accelerated, whether the vehicle is braking, and whether a speed gear of the vehicle is shifted; and a controller that determines whether the vehicle enters a turning section based on one or more pieces of the information detected by the sensor part and the road information stored in the database. In particular, when the vehicle is entering the turning section, the controller sets a target speed of the vehicle and controls a speed of the vehicle to be decelerated to the set target speed.

Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.

Abstract: A torque control apparatus may include an input device, a driving device, a memory, and a controller. For example, the torque control apparatus may be configured to obtain an input related to acceleration of the host vehicle from a user by use of the input device, to determine user requirement torque based on the input, to generate a first requirement torque to be input to the driving device for the acceleration of the host vehicle based on at least part of the user requirement torque, to generate an estimation rate value through the first requirement torque by use of a pitch rate estimation model, and to generate a second requirement torque by use of at least one of the estimation rate value, a requirement rate value, the user requirement torque, or a combination of the estimation rate value, the requirement rate value, and the user requirement torque.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery which includes a fluorine-containing compound capable of forming a stable film on the surface of an electrode as an additive, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling turning thereof are provided. The turning control method of a vehicle includes calculating first compensation torque based on a lateral acceleration variation during turning, determining first compensated demanded torque by applying the first compensation torque to demanded torque, determining second compensation torque for preventing wheel slip of a driving wheel based on the first compensated demanded torque and an actual vehicle behavior, and determining second compensated demanded torque input to a driving source controller by applying the second compensation torque to the first compensated demanded torque.

Abstract: A vehicle speed controlling apparatus comprising a driving mode selector configured to receive a selection of a periodic-speed driving mode from a user, a driving strategy control unit including a speed profile generator configured to generate a periodic-speed driving speed profile with a period, an amplitude, and an average speed, and a driving assistance unit configured to output a required torque for a driving motor to follow the periodic-speed driving speed profile.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling engine idling of a hybrid electric vehicle having an engine, an electric motor and a driving motor includes: an engine target speed determination part to determine an engine target speed when an engine idle speed control is requested; an engine target torque determination part to determine an engine target torque when the engine idle speed control is requested; a speed control part to determine a control torque for maintaining an engine speed at a predetermined speed based on a difference value between the engine target speed and an engine actual speed; a power split part to determine an output torque of the electric motor and an engine compensation torque of the engine based the control torque; and a final engine torque determination part to sum the engine compensation torque and the engine target torque to determine a final engine torque.

Abstract: An additive, a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an additive includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formula 1 and Formula 2. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formula 1 and Formula 2.

Abstract: A vehicle including an electric motor has improved operating performance of a brake lamp using regenerative braking. A method of controlling a brake lamp of the vehicle includes determining a tendency of a driver, calculating a corrected mass based on the determined tendency of the driver, and calculating corrected acceleration based on the corrected mass and regenerative braking torque of the electric motor. An on threshold is corrected based on a difference between a requested torque and the regenerative braking torque at a time at which an accelerator pedal is released, and the brake lamp is turned on based on the corrected on threshold and the corrected acceleration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle and a parking control method therefor which can prevent a parking curb or a driving system from being damaged during parking due to collision with the parking curb or running over the parking curb according to creep torque imitation by an electric motor in a vehicle equipped with the electric motor. A parking control method includes determining whether a parking situation occurs, applying a creep torque modification coefficient to a creep torque until contact with an object that applies a reaction force to a wheel in a parking direction is sensed to determine a modified creep torque upon determining the parking situation, and variably controlling the creep torque by applying a variable coefficient to the modified creep torque.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes manufacturing an electrode assembly having a stacked structure in which a negative electrode, an individual layer of a separator, a positive electrode, and an individual layer of the separator are repeated by alternately inserting the positive electrode and the negative electrode between the adjacent individual layers of the separator. Fold lines are formed on the separator at a predetermined interval, and the separator is folded in a zigzag shape along a vertical direction by the fold lines to form the plurality of individual layers; inserting the electrode assembly into a pouch; and discharging a gas from the Each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is manufactured in a square shape so that remaining three sides except for one side facing the fold lines are opened.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium second battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the lithium electrolyte includes lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide as a first lithium salt, a second lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by Formula 1. In some embodiments, the lithium second battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material represented by Formula 2.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by Formula 1 as an additive. The compound has an excellent effect of removing a decomposition product, such as HF and PF5, generated from the lithium salt in the electrolyte solution. The lithium secondary battery has improved high-temperature storage characteristics by including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a vehicle driving depending on a baby mode, including activating an apparatus for automatically controlling and limiting a speed of a vehicle, and determining a state of a car seat when the car seat is installed, correcting a speed profile of the apparatus for automatically controlling and limiting the speed of the vehicle based on the state of the car seat, determining whether the vehicle enters a turning section, when the vehicle enters the turning section, performing at least one of turning section acceleration control or turning section deceleration control based on the state of the car seat, and determining whether the vehicle passes through the turning section after performing at least one of the turning section acceleration or deceleration.