An electric vehicle (EV) includes a battery pack, an electric motor, a drive circuit configured to drive the electric motor, a heat transfer material, arranged to transfer thermal energy from the electric motor to the battery pack, and a controller. The co...

A method of preconditioning an energy storage device for a vehicle includes determining a route of travel of the vehicle based on a destination input and estimating a maximum energy available from regenerative braking of the vehicle along the route of trav...

An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a heater loop, a battery loop, a radiator loop, and a power electronics loop operating within a glycol system. A first valve is in fluid communication with one or more of the heater loop,...

Disclosed are an apparatus and associated method for controlling a temperature rise of a vehicle battery. The apparatus determines whether to increase the temperature of the battery provided in the vehicle, determines the maximum power to be supplied to a ...

A temperature-raising device for an in-car battery includes: a battery temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of a battery mounted in a vehicle; an environmental temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire an environmental ...

A the battery warm-up apparatus includes an electric motor (2), a battery (4), an electric generator (6) for charging the battery, an engine (7) for driving the electric generator, a refrigeration circuit (8a) arranged to pass through inside the engine in ...