Volkswagen Ag

Audi Ag

Tobias Lösche-Ter Horst

Hannes Scholz

Georg Kruse

The invention relates to a bipolar plate for a fuel cell, comprising an anode plate with anode gas channels and a cathode plate with cathode gas channels, said plates having an active region and supply regions and being arranged one over the other such that the gas channels form coolant channels. The aim of the invention is to improve such a bipolar plate such that the flow conditions of reactants and coolant in the bipolar plate are optimized. This is achieved in that the height and/or the width of the cathode gas channels increase(s) from a first side of the active region to a second side of the active region, and the height and/or the width of the anode gas channels decrease(s) from the first side of the active region to the second side of the active region, wherein the cross-sectional area and/or the hydraulic diameter of the cathode gas channels increases, and the cross-sectional area and/or the hydraulic diameter of the anode gas channels decreases. The invention additionally relates to a fuel cell stack and to a vehicle.

Bipolar plate which has reactant gas channels with variable cross-sectional areas, fuel cell stack, and vehicle comprising such a fuel cell stack

A method for controlling a drivetrain of a motor vehicle is provided. The drivetrain includes, as components, at least an internal combustion engine, an electric drive machine, a clutch and a transmission that can be connected to drive wheels. A control device initiates gear shifts at the transmission based on a wide variety of sensor signals by using a characteristic diagram. In order to ensure an excellent shift quality over long operating periods, a drive torque value Mof the internal combustion engine, which is determined by the control device, can be checked and if necessary corrected in dependence of given conditions by determining the drive torque value Mof the electric drive machine.

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Tobias Lösche-Ter Horst