Patent ID: 11884124
Assignee: HYLIION INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller executes instructions to:
determine a vehicle weight;
determine a grade of the portion of the route; and
calculate, based on the vehicle weight and the portion of the route, one or more of:
a predicted amount of electrical power that can be generated when the e-axle is in the down position and the motor/generator is operating as a generator to convert rotational power from the e-axle to electrical power to charge the battery system; and
a predicted increase in temperature of the battery system when the e-axle is in the down position and the motor/generator is operating as a generator to convert rotational power from the e-axle to electrical power to charge the battery system.