Power battery heating system and method using solar sunroof energy
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsHaibo Liang, Xi Wang, Chenchen Wang, Changzheng Shao
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AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsHaibo Liang, Xi Wang, Chenchen Wang, Changzheng Shao
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A power battery heating system of an electric vehicle including: a heating module configured to heat the power battery of the electric vehicle; a solar sunroof; and a sunroof control unit configured to control the operation of the heating module and the electric energy output of the solar sunroof; wherein the heating system is configured to start a power battery heating operation based on the solar sunroof when the power battery is not in a high voltage output state and the temperature of the power battery is lower than a temperature threshold, the power battery heating operation including: controlling the solar sunroof to output electric energy to the heating module such that the heating module performs the heating of the power battery using the electric energy from the solar sunroof.
A power battery heating system of an electric vehicle comprising:
A power battery heating method using a power battery heating system including a power battery that powers a driving motor of an electric vehicle, an assistant battery that provides electric energy to at least a control system, an illumination system, a signal system and an instrument system of the electric vehicle, a heating module configured to heat the power battery of the electric vehicle, the heating module including an electric heating element, a solar sunroof configured to output electric energy, and a sunroof control unit configured to control operation of the heating module and the electric energy output by the solar sunroof, the method comprising:
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