Continental Automotive Gmbh

Martin Böld

Joris Fokkelman

Karsten Hofmann

Christoph Weigand

Akos Semsey

Herbert Halamek

A method for charging an accumulator in an electrical motor vehicle includes connecting the accumulator to a low voltage power outlet connected to a power supply network. A counter identifier of a stationary electric meter that measures electrical energy supplied by the energy supply network via the power outlet is transmitted to a central computer. The vehicle location of the electrical motor vehicle is transmitted to the central computer and the central computer compares a counter location associated with the electrical meter with the transmitted vehicle location of the motor vehicle. In case of agreement between the counter location and the transmitted vehicle location, a charging signal which initiates the charging of the accumulator is sent from the central computer to the charging device of the electrical motor vehicle.

Method for charging an accumulator incorporated in an electrical motor vehicle

A method is provided for determining at least one operating parameter of a thermoelectric system in a vehicle, wherein the thermoelectric system comprises an energy conversion device having at least one photovoltaic element for converting thermal radiation, which is emitted by a heat source of the vehicle, into electrical energy. The method includes measuring an electrical power of the photovoltaic device, and determining an operating parameter of the thermoelectric system based on the measured electrical power of the photovoltaic device.

Method and apparatus for determining at least one operating parameter of a thermoelectric system in a vehicle

A method is disclosed for distributing energy in an electric vehicle including at least one electric energy store and at least one conditioning module, which can be used to generate electric energy from fuel, as energy sources, wherein driving-related information, or information about a state of the electric vehicle, is recorded before driving, or when beginning to drive, the electric vehicle and, while driving, energy is distributed in the vehicle on the basis of the information.

Method for distributing energy in an electric vehicle and electric vehicle

A method for assisting in maintenance of a motor vehicle having a drive motor, an drive energy storage device, and a filling level measuring device. A request for a maintenance process is identified by a self-monitoring device with the maintenance request being transmitted as a maintenance indication to a driver by an information device. The maintenance indication is transmitted to the driver as a function of a switch-off filling level present when the vehicle drive motor is switched off and detected by the filling level measuring device. The maintenance indication is transmitted when the switch-off filling level is lower than a preset filling level threshold value or when a filling level difference between a switch-on filling level, present when the vehicle drive motor is subsequently switched on again and detected by the filling level measuring device, and the preceding switch-off filling level indicates a positive filling level value.

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Wuppertal, Germany

Martin Böld