Methods and systems for enhanced thermal braking for electric vehicle applications

A system for controlling thermal conditioning of a battery system associated with brakes of a vehicle towing a trailer, comprising:

• a computer readable medium configured to store a plurality of threshold values associated with the battery system of the vehicle;
• and
• a processor onboard the vehicle and configured to:
• determine that a temperature of the battery system is outside of a defined temperature range, wherein the range is based on the plurality of thresholds;
• determine a delta value between a brake request and a battery charge limit;
• generate a control signal to at least one of a heater and a compressor of the vehicle based on the delta value;
• generate a control signal to the battery system for regeneration braking;
• and
• generate a braking reduction request to reduce braking by the trailer.