METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A RECHARGEABLE ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE

• US 20190308522A1
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Bluecar (Bollore SA)
• Original Assignee: Bluecar (Bollore SA)
• Inventors: BARDOT, Christophe, ROCHAIS, Alain, LESNIK, Guillaume, PERRIER, Laurent
• Application Number:
  US16/465,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20190308522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/28 characterised by the electric energy storing means, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/13 Maintaining the SoC within a determined range
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/20 having different nominal voltages
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/26 by cooling
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/27 by heating
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/443 in response to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/613 Cooling or keeping cold
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/615 Heating or keeping warm
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A method for managing an electric or hybrid vehicle including at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module, each storage module being arranged in order to:

• • provide a high-voltage electrical supply signal for the drive of the vehicle, and
  • be maintained at a temperature, called operating temperature, by a heating apparatus;
    said method including, before a prolonged period of non-use of the vehicle, a phase, called winterizing phase, including a step of cooling each storage module in order to reach a predetermined temperature, lower than the operating temperature.

A system and a vehicle implementing such a method are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for managing an electric or hybrid vehicle comprising at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module, each storage module comprising one or more Lithium-Metal-Polymer batteries and being arranged in order to:

provide a high-voltage electrical supply signal for driving said vehicle; and

be maintained at a temperature, called operating temperature, by a heating means;

said method comprising;

before a prolonged period of non-use of said vehicle, a phase, called winterizing phase, comprising a step of cooling each storage module in order to reach a predetermined temperature, lower than said operating temperature; and

following a prolonged period of non-use of said vehicle, a phase, called dewinterizing phase, comprising a step of heating each storage module in order to reach an operating temperature comprised between 60°

C. and 80°

C.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step of cooling a storage module comprises:

turning off the means of heating said module; and

natural cooling of said storage module.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the vehicle comprises at least one low-voltage battery, supplying at least one low-voltage circuit within said vehicle, the winterizing phase also comprising a step of turning off the low-voltage supply provided by said at least one low-voltage battery.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the step of turning off the low-voltage supply is carried out after the cooling step.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the winterizing phase is initiated following a request from a user.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the winterizing phase is initiated automatically when a predetermined parameter, relating to a storage module reaches a predetermined threshold value, in particular when the State of Charge (SOC) reaches a value less than or equal to 1%.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises stopping and cancelling the winterizing phase following a detection, during said winterizing phase, of a high-voltage supply signal of said vehicle provided by an external source.

8. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the dewinterizing phase comprises a step of re-establishing the low-voltage supply by the at least one low-voltage battery.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the step of re-establishing the low-voltage supply is carried out before the heating step.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the dewinterizing phase is initiated by a detection, by an electronic unit linked to a supply socket of the vehicle, of the presence of a high-voltage supply signal at the level of said socket.

11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises, before the dewinterizing phase, a step of providing a high-voltage supply signal to the vehicle, by controlling a supply interface external to said vehicle, located between a supply source and said vehicle.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the supply interface is controlled remotely, through a wired or wireless communication network.

13. A system for managing an electric or hybrid vehicle with a prolonged period of non-use of said vehicle in view, said vehicle comprising at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module said system comprising means arranged in order to implement all the steps of the method according to claim 1.

14. An electric or hybrid vehicle comprising:

at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module;

at least one heating means for maintaining said at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module at a temperature, called operating temperature, greater than ambient temperature; and

means arranged in order to implement the method according to claim 1.