Patent ID: 11942614
Assignee: YMER TECHNOLOGY AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An electric vehicle comprising:
an energy storage system,
a vehicle component that requires cooling, wherein the vehicle component is one of a drive train, e-motor, inverter, or DC/DC converter, and
a thermal management system that includes:
a heater arranged to heat the energy storage system, wherein the heater is arranged to be powered by either the energy storage system or an external power source,
a control unit arranged to control the heater and configured to identify when the heater is powered by the external power source, and to, when the heater is powered by the external power source:
receive data associated with the ambient temperature,
determine whether the ambient temperature is below or above the minimum temperature,
control the heater to heat, when the ambient temperature is below the minimum temperature, the vehicle component and the energy storage system, and

wherein the control unit is arranged to direct excess heat from the vehicle component to the energy storage system when the heater is powered by the energy storage system.