Patent ID: 11932250
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 11:
12. A vehicle for forming a vehicle combination with another vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
an electric machine operable in a traction mode and a generator mode for generating electrical energy during a regenerative braking event of the second vehicle;
an energy storage system (ESS); and
a control system comprising processing circuitry, the control system, when coupled to another vehicle, configured to:
determine an amount of possible excessive energy from a regenerative braking event of the vehicle;
determine a total energy level of the vehicle,
determine a total energy level of the another vehicle,
compare the determined amount of possible excessive energy with the determined total energy levels of the another vehicle and the vehicle, and
control direction of the transfer of electrical energy between the another vehicle and the vehicle based on the comparison.