Volatile oil prices and increased environmental sensitivity together with political concerns have moved the attention of governments, automobile manufacturers and customers to alternative power trains. From the actual point of view the most promising concepts for future passenger cars are based on the conversion of electrical into mechanical energy. In-wheel motors are an interesting concept to...

This study investigates the influence of buried magnet arrangement on efficiency and drivability performance provided by an on-board interior permanent synchronous machine for a four-wheel-drive electric car with two single-speed powertrains. The relevant motor characteristics, including flux-linkage, inductance, electromagnetic torque, iron loss, total efficiency, are analyzed set six configur...

In order to improve the lateral stability and handling performance of in-wheel motor drive electric vehicles, a coordinated control method considering differential power-assisted steering is proposed. A vehicle dynamics model with two degrees freedom established, in which influence system disturbance considered. At same time, effect torque on was analyzed, designed based referenced wheel torque...

This paper introduces the four-wheel-drive vehicle REMI, a testbed developed by SAGEM for research purposes in mobile robotics and intelligent car systems. The motion control architecture of the robot is presented, with an emphasis on the guidance and piloting modules. The latter relies on neural network techniques, and the principles underlying its design are outlined. A robust neural control ...