In-wheel motor (IWM)-driven electric vehicles (EVs) are susceptible to road excitation, which can induce eccentricity between the stator and rotor of the IWM. This eccentricity leads to unbalanced electromagnetic forces (UEFs) and electromechanical c...
This paper presents a method to design a vehicle stability controller with four-wheel independent braking (4WIB), drive (4WID) and steering (4WIS) for electric vehicles (EVs) adopting in-wheel motor (IWM) system. To improve lateral stability and mane...
A robust yaw stability control system is designed to stabilize the vehicle yaw motion. Since the vehicles undergo changes in parameters and disturbances with respect to the wide range of driving condition, e.g., tire-road conditions, a robust control...
In this paper, after investigating the coupling effect in a permanent magnet synchronous in-wheel motor, a robust control method for active suspension of hub-driven electric vehicles (EVs) to enhance the performance of the in-wheel motor and the vehi...
Aiming at the problems of poor overall vibration reduction and high energy consumption of in-wheel motor-driven electric vehicle (IWM-EV) active suspension on mixed pavement, a multi-mode switching control strategy based on pavement identification an...
As the core component of in-wheel motor-driven electric vehicles, the in-wheel motor (IWM) directly affects the driving/braking performance of each driving wheel and the driving performance of the vehicle. The IWM operation involves a coupling of mul...
In-wheel motor electric vehicles have the advantages of independently controllable four-wheel torque, high energy utilization rate, and fast motor response speed, which greatly reduces the curb weight of the vehicle and simplifies the structure of th...
The differential drive assist steering (DDAS) system makes full use of the advantages of independent control of wheel torque of electric vehicle driven by front in-wheel motors to achieve steering assistance and reduce the steering effort of the driv...
Electric vehicles are considered to be a greener and safer means of transport thanks to the distinguished advantages of electric motors. Studies on this object require experimental platforms for control validation purpose. Under the pressure of resea...
A hub motor is integrated into an electric wheel. The external excitation is complex and the heat dissipation conditions are poor. The working temperature of the hub motor easily becomes too high, resulting in large fluctuations in the output torque,...
In this study, a vehicle state joint estimation method based on lateral stiffness was applied to estimate the running states of electric vehicles driven by rear-drive, in-wheel motors. Different from the estimation methods used in other research, the...
The integrated longitudinal and lateral dynamic motion control is important for four wheel independent drive (4WID) electric vehicles. Under critical driving conditions, direct yaw moment control (DYC) has been proved as effective for vehicle handlin...
The article describes an elaboration of the X-in-the-loop (XiL) testing environment for a thermal management system (TMS) intended for the traction electric drive of an electric vehicle, which has each of its wheels driven by an in-wheel motor. The T...
A new method including suspension and wheel vibration energy regeneration is proposed in this study to coordinate the contradiction between vibration energy regeneration and dynamic performance of in-wheel motor electric vehicles (IWM-EVs). The influ...
To optimize the acceleration performance of independently driven electric vehicles with four in-wheel motors, this paper proposes an anti-slip regulation (ASR) strategy based on dynamic road surface observer for more efficient tracking of the optimal...
A flexible chassis (FC) is a type of electric vehicle driven by in-wheel motors that can be used in narrow conditions in agricultural facilities. The FC is composed primarily of four off-center steering mechanisms (OSMs) that can be controlled indepe...
The in-wheel motor (IWM) powertrain layout offers greater design flexibility and higher efficiency of an electric vehicle but has limited commercial success mainly due to the concerns of increased unsprung mass. This paper proposes a semi-active susp...