Torque distribution strategy for a front- and rear-wheel-driven electric vehicle

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3365-3374

  Yuan, Xibo ^a,b   Wang, Jiabin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drive train; electric vehicle (EV); front and rear wheel driven; motor efficiency; torque distribution

Indexed keywords

DRIVE TRAIN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLUX WEAKENING; IMPROVING SYSTEMS; LOSS MODEL; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MOTOR EFFICIENCIES; NEW EUROPEAN DRIVING CYCLES; NO-LOAD LOSS; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR; REAR WHEELS; SPEED RANGE; TORQUE DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL TORQUE;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; TORQUE; WHEELS;

TORQUE MOTORS;

EID: 84867771894     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2012.2213282     Document Type: Article

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