Independent wheel hybrid optimization

A method, comprising:

• receiving, with an ECU, a plurality of operating constraints associated with a first motor, a second motor, a first generator, a second generator, and power provided by a combustion reaction, where a first side of a vehicle comprises the first motor, the first generator, a first side of a crankshaft, and a first epicyclic geartrain, and a second side of the vehicle comprises the second motor, the second generator, a second side of the crankshaft, and a second epicyclic geartrain;
• determining an amount of torque to be provided to each of the first side of the vehicle and the second side of the vehicle with the ECU;
• determining a global search window for a search for a plurality of global engine operating cases with the ECU;
• determining, with the ECU and as part of the search, an amount of power to be produced by each of the first generator and the second generator and returned to a battery of the vehicle for each engine operating case;
• calculating, with the ECU and as part of the search, a desired torque and a desired rotation speed for each of the first motor and the second motor for each global engine operating case of the plurality of global engine operating cases;
• selecting a desired engine operating case with the ECU;
• rotating the crankshaft with power provided by the combustion reaction based on the desired engine operating case, where parameters of the combustion reaction are controlled by the ECU;
• supplying power from the battery to the first motor and the second motor based upon the selected desired engine operating case, where each of the first motor and the second motor rotate when the power is supplied thereto;
• receiving power, with the battery, from the first generator and the second generator based upon the selected desired engine operating case, where each of the first generator and the second generator generate the power when rotated;
• transmitting a first amount of power from at least one of the first motor, the first generator, and the first side of the crankshaft to a first wheel assembly positioned on the first side of the vehicle with the first epicyclic geartrain, and
• transmitting a second amount of power from at least one of the second motor, the second generator, and the second side of the crankshaft to a second wheel assembly positioned on the second side of the vehicle with the second epicyclic geartrain.