Safety, comfort, and responsible use of natural resources are motivating the work regarding
road vehicles in the automotive research group at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) …

Despite many advantages that modern society benefits from electric vehicles, there are still
significant obstacles to their widespread adoption, primarily related to the battery-based …

Energy Consumption of Auxiliary Systems on electric vehicles has an important role in
reducing the overall autonomy since their contribution especially for what concern HVAC …

Based on a flexible prototype vehicle and object recognition algorithms from robotic science,
the present research aims at new approaches in the development of autonomous driving …

In the field of developing unmanned vehicles of almost all types, in the area of providing the
driving control system with measurement information, most attention is nowadays paid to the …

Mobility in smart cities is also becoming smart, promoting on the one hand transport modes
based on zero emission electrical technologies and on the other providing vehicles with …

Electrification of on-road vehicles is one of the most recognized technology transformations
worldwide and is nowadays pushing the world towards new mobility scenarios. New …

The paper proposes a methodology for developing a level 2 autonomous prototype car. For
this purpose, the modeling and simulations are done using the Automated Driving Toolbox …

The power required for hybrid vehicle traction must be well distributed between the different
power sources to improve the parallel hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) performance. Energy …

Last years, automated vehicle technologies made considerable progress in academia and
the industry. However, there is still a need for more scalable solutions which ensure fast …