Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of regulating vehicle powertrains in electric vehicles using driving patterns. A vehicle control unit (VCU) can be disposed in the electric vehicle. The VCU can maintain operation profiles. Each operation profile can specify a set of regulation parameters to be applied to the vehicle powertrain for motion measurement and an engine measurement identified as associated with an environmental condition. The VCU can compare the motion measurement and the engine measurement acquired from the sensor with the motion measurement and the engine measurement specified by an operation profile. The VCU can select an operation profile based on the comparison. The VCU can identify the set of regulation parameters for an environmental condition specified by the operation profile. The VCU can apply the set of regulation parameters to the vehicle powertrain to control the propulsion of the electric vehicle in accordance with the operation profile.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of regulating vehicle powertrains in electric vehicles using driving patterns. A vehicle control unit (VCU) can be disposed in the electric vehicle. The VCU can maintain operation profiles. Each operation profile can specify a set of regulation parameters to be applied to the vehicle powertrain for motion measurement and an engine measurement identified as associated with an environmental condition. The VCU can compare the motion measurement and the engine measurement acquired from the sensor with the motion measurement and the engine measurement specified by an operation profile. The VCU can select an operation profile based on the comparison. The VCU can identify the set of regulation parameters for an environmental condition specified by the operation profile. The VCU can apply the set of regulation parameters to the vehicle powertrain to control the propulsion of the electric vehicle in accordance with the operation profile.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for allocating power distribution in hybrid vehicle drivetrains. An engine instrumentation unit can acquire engine measurements on a hybrid drivetrain of a vehicle. The engine measurements can include a fuel use measurement of a combustion engine and a battery use measurement of an electric motor. A vehicle control unit can maintain a power distribution profile. Each power distribution profile can define a power allocation to the combustion engine and a power allocation to the electric motor specified for engine measurements as associated with an environmental condition. The vehicle control unit can compare the engine measurements. The vehicle control unit can select a power distribution profile based on the comparison. The vehicle control unit can set a power splitter to transfer of the mechanical power from the combustion engine and the electric motor to a differential unit in accordance with the power distribution profile.

Abstract: In an electrified vehicle having a synchronous traction motor, an inverter is connected to stator windings by three power cables. If these cables are accidentally connected to the wrong windings, the resulting torque will not match the desired torque, and may even be in the wrong direction. To avoid this problem, a test is performed any time that the cables may have been unplugged and re-connected. The inverter is commanded to generate a rotating magnetic field while the rotor is held stationary, resulting in a positive and a negative response current. A relationship between a phase angle of the negative response current and the rotor position indicates which cables are connected to which windings. If the cables are incorrectly connected, the controller disables the motor and informs an operator which cables to swap to achieve correct connection.

Abstract: An electric drive system for a vehicle includes an electric machine having first conductors arranged in slots of a stator to form phase windings and a second conductor arranged in the slots to form a secondary winding that produces a voltage indicative of a common mode voltage caused by voltages applied to the phase windings. The voltage can be used to supply power to electronic components and for diagnosis and control of the electric machine and an associated inverter.

Abstract: An electric drive system for a vehicle includes an electric machine having first conductors arranged in slots of a stator to form phase windings and a second conductor arranged in the slots to form a secondary winding that produces a voltage indicative of a common mode voltage caused by voltages applied to the phase windings. The voltage can be used to supply power to electronic components and for diagnosis and control of the electric machine and an associated inverter.

Abstract: In an electrified vehicle having a synchronous traction motor, an inverter is connected to stator windings by three power cables. If these cables are accidentally connected to the wrong windings, the resulting torque will not match the desired torque, and may even be in the wrong direction. To avoid this problem, a test is performed any time that the cables may have been unplugged and re-connected. The inverter is commanded to generate a rotating magnetic field while the rotor is held stationary, resulting in a positive and a negative response current. A relationship between a phase angle of the negative response current and the rotor position indicates which cables are connected to which windings. If the cables are incorrectly connected, the controller disables the motor and informs an operator which cables to swap to achieve correct connection.