US 12,420,664 B2
Method and system for managing mileage capacity of a battery electric vehicle (BEV)
Guillaume Charoulet, Rouen (FR); and Florian Beaufrere, Rouen (FR)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,096.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/374,289, filed on Sep. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075848 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01); B60H 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/13 (2019.02) [B60H 1/00392 (2013.01); B60H 1/00428 (2013.01); B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60H 1/00985 (2013.01); B60H 1/3211 (2013.01); B60H 1/3232 (2013.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); B60H 2001/224 (2013.01); B60H 1/3228 (2019.05); B60H 2001/3272 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing mileage capacity of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) having a transport refrigeration unit (TRU), comprising:
obtaining, via an electronic control unit (ECU) of the BEV, live vehicle data including at least a state of charge of an energy storage unit of the BEV, a state of available energy in the energy storage unit, each of a power limitation maximum current and a power limitation maximum voltage of the energy storage unit, a live speed of the BEV, cruise control information associated with the BEV, health status of the energy storage unit, and power drawn by the BEV on the energy storage unit;
determining a rate of consumption of energy stored in the energy storage unit and an efficiency of BEV's components based on the obtained live vehicle data;
triggering an operation mode among a plurality of operation modes of the BEV based on each of the determined rate of consumption of energy and the efficiency of BEV components;
controlling a cooling and a heating capacity of the TRU based on the triggered operation mode;
optimizing the rate of the consumption of energy based on the controlled cooling and the heating capacity of the TRU; and
notifying, based on the optimized rate of the consumption of energy via one of a human machine interface (HMI) of the BEV, a mobile application, or a visual indicator connected to the TRU, a message indicating current operating modes of the BEV and activation of an energy saving mode.