A range extender for a vehicle, comprises an electric machine; an engine; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control fuelling of the engine, and is configured to control the electric machine to charge a battery of the vehicle using power from the engine and at other times to control the electric machine to drive the engine using power from the battery, wherein the controller is configured to increase the engine speed by controlling the electric machine to drive the engine using power from the battery whilst substantially not fuelling the engine.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Range Extender


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-11-21


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen



    Range extender body, range extender, range extender design method and vehicle

    WANG MINGMING / LI JING / ZHANG GUIQIANG et al. | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    RANGE EXTENDER

    BENNETT ASHER / LIDSTONE-SCOTT RICHARD / HAMPTON DAVID et al. | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access

    Range extender

    HAO ZIQIANG / LING XINLIANG | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    RANGE EXTENDER

    HOPP MARTIN / DEMIR OGUZ / NIEHUES JÜRGEN | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    Range Extender

    BENNETT ASHER / LIDSTONE-SCOTT RICHARD / HAMPTON DAVID et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access