Patent ID: 8463498

Claim:
A method for controlling the side slip angle (β) of a rear-wheel drive vehicle when turning; the method comprising: detecting the position of an accelerator control which is displaced along a predetermined stroke (S); and using a first initial part (P 1 ) of the stroke (S) of the accelerator control for directly controlling the generation of the drive torque (Tm) so that the generated drive torque (Tm) depends on the position of the accelerator control; determining a delimitation point (D) between the first part (P 1 ) and a second final part (P 2 ) of the stroke (S) of the accelerator control for using the second final part (P 2 ) to directly control a side slip angle (β) of the vehicle when turning so that the side slip angle (β) depends on the position of the accelerator control; determining a maximum side slip angle (βmax) when turning to avoid the control loss of the vehicle; detecting the position of the accelerator control along the second final part of the stroke (S); determining a desired side slip angle (β) according to the position of the accelerator control along the second final part (P 2 ) of the stroke (S) so that the desired side slip angle (β) is not greater than the maximum side slip angle (βmax); and driving the generation of drive torque (Tm) to impart the desired side slip angle (β) to the vehicle when turning.