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AssigneeRee Automotive Ltd
InventorsRichard Sutton, Ron Toledano, Ohad Stauber, Eugen Layevski
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A control system is provided for a vehicle that includes a plurality of vehicle corner modules (VCMs) which each comprise at least two of: a drive subsystem, a steering subsystem, and a braking subsystem. The control system comprises a network of VCM-controllers that are onboard and installed within a different respective VCM and that are operatively linked to each one of the subsystems of its respective VCM to receive therefrom sensor data and to regulate operation thereof in response to incoming signals received from outside its respective VCM. The control system provides a no-fault operating mode defined by the absence of a control-system fault, and a VCM-controller of a first VCM is programmed to control, when operating in the no-fault operating mode, at least one subsystem in a second VCM.
A power distribution system for an electrically-powered vehicle comprising at least one onboard power source, a first vehicle corner module (VCM) coupled to a first side of a reference frame of the vehicle and a second VCM coupled to an opposing second side of the reference frame, each VCM comprising a VCM controller, a steering subsystem, a drive subsystem, and a braking subsystem, the power distribution system comprising a first power bus and a second power bus electrically connecting the at least one onboard power source with the first VCM and the second VCM, such that:
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