Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Won Young Jeong

Jungsoo Park

Seungwan Son

Seungjae Yum

A vehicle can include: a solar charging panel mounted to the vehicle and configured to acquire solar energy for charging a battery of the vehicle; a communication module configured to collect weather information and date-and-time information at a plurality of positions along a traveling path from an origin to a destination; a storage configured to store road information; and a controller configured to calculate a solar charging energy of the traveling path by predicting a maximum solar charging energy to be charged through the solar charging panel based on the weather information collected at the plurality of positions along the traveling path, and to calculate a solar charging prediction amount based on the date-and-time information collected at the plurality of positions along the traveling path, an amount by which to reduce the solar charging energy determined according to the stored road information relating to the traveling path, and the predicted maximum solar charging energy.

Vehicle and method for controlling the same

A heating control apparatus for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle utilizing an engine and a drive-motor as power sources includes a temperature detecting device for detecting temperature data used to control indoor heating of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, where an indoor temperature of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle may be increased by generating a ratio of required heat based on the temperature data, generating an engine-on reference value and an engine-off reference value based on the ratio of required heat, and driving the engine based on the engine-on reference value and the engine-off reference value.

Heating control apparatus and method for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

A control method of a hybrid vehicle includes determining, by a controller, whether a target maintaining SOC has been set to a maximum level in a battery maintaining driving mode, determining, by the controller, whether a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed, when the target maintaining SOC determined is a maximum level, calculating, by the controller, an estimated recovery energy which can be recovered by regenerative braking of the vehicle when a current vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined speed, and updating, by the controller, the target maintaining SOC by subtracting a subtraction SOC equivalent to the estimated recovery energy calculated from the target maintaining SOC.

Control method of hybrid vehicle

A method of controlling an air conditioner includes determining whether or not a signal for operating the air conditioner is input to a controller. When it is determined that the signal for operating the air conditioner is input to the controller, determining whether or not conditions for variably controlling the air conditioner are satisfied. When it is determined that the conditions are satisfied, an energy flow mode is checked on the basis of an energy flow between a battery, a motor, an engine, and electric components. The air conditioner is controlled in a mode corresponding to the checked energy flow mode.

Method for controlling air conditioner based on energy flow mode of vehicle

A charge control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The apparatus adjusts charge of a hybrid vehicle based on a vehicle running state when entering a charge mode. The charge control apparatus includes an engine clutch that is disposed between an engine and a first motor to selectively connect the engine and the first motor and a battery that provides a voltage to the first motor. A data detection unit detects driving data for charging the battery and a vehicle controller generates an average speed for a predetermined time using a vehicle speed of the driving data. In addition, the controller sets a charge mode based on the average speed and charges the battery using the charge mode.

Apparatus and method for controlling charge of hybrid electric vehicle

A method of controlling heating of a hybrid electric vehicle includes a heating quantity comparing step of comparing an available heating quantity of an auxiliary heater with a necessary heating quantity of the auxiliary heater. A heating efficiency comparing step compares heating efficiency when the auxiliary heater is driven with heating efficiency of a main heater based on driving of an engine when the available heating quantity of the auxiliary heater is greater than the necessary heating quantity of the auxiliary heater. A heating conducting step drives one of the heaters that has a higher heating efficiency.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Won Young Jeong