Active approach to Electronic Stability Control for front-wheel drive in-wheel motor electric vehicles

Abstract

Recently, motion control for electric vehicles has gradually gained respect in automotive society due to increased strictness of vehicle safety evaluation over time. Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is the kernel technology, which refers to two-dimensional motion stabilization. Many investigations have demonstrated that Direct Yaw-moment Control (DYC) is an effective and practical way to carry out the ESC of electric vehicles. However, based on the drive train of conventional steering, conventional approaches are using braking to achieve the DYC. This paper proposes a new ESC based on the construction of DYC. The presented approach is based on a core of individual traction control measures for propulsion wheels. This approach not only constrain the longitudinal slip, but also ensure the performance and the effectiveness of two-dimensional motion control. With a proper control, the vehicle can be maintained to a nearly neutral-steering under high speed turning. Hence, the vehicle’s dynamic stability can be enhanced under aggressive driving by yaw-moment control. Evaluation of the entire control system is performed by well-acknowledged software, which demonstrates that the vehicle’s dynamic stability can be enhanced under aggressive driving by the proposed approach.