Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Chris Clarke

Jeremy John Greenwood

David White

Richard Parkins

A system for discharging the electric charge stored in a traction battery of an electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle. The system comprising a traction battery having a plurality cells, a battery management system for balancing or regulating the electric charge stored in each of the battery cells. A sensor for detecting a vehicle event is provided on the vehicle. The battery management system, upon receiving a signal indicative that a vehicle event has occurred, initiates a discharge cycle of the electrical energy stored in one or more of the cells of the battery via an energy dissipation device such as a battery regulator or battery balancer.

Battery safety system

The present invention relates to a motor vehicle () having an electric drive system including an electric traction motor () and an energy storage device (). The vehicle () also has an adjustable-height suspension () to allow the height (h) of the vehicle () to be adjusted. A monitor () is provided for monitoring charging of the energy storage device () from an external electrical supply. A control unit () is provided for adjusting the height of the suspension () in dependence on the monitor (). Aspects of the present invention also relate to a charging indicator system (); and a method of indicating the charging status of a vehicle energy storage device ().

Methods and apparatus for indicating charging status of a vehicle

A method, program and system to establish tire monitoring of an auxiliary vehicle () from a main vehicle () is described. The main vehicle () detects tire monitor identities of tire monitors () of the auxiliary vehicle () by the main vehicle. The main vehicle () determines whether the auxiliary vehicle tire monitor identities are associated with an identified auxiliary vehicle. If the auxiliary vehicle tire monitor identities are associated with an identified auxiliary vehicle, tire monitoring for the auxiliary vehicle () is established on the basis of monitoring values stored for the identified auxiliary vehicle.

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Chris Clarke