Waste heat control for vehicle fuel cell

A vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle motor;
• a vehicle motor drive;
• a first metal-air fuel cell configured to provide power to the vehicle motor drive;
• a second metal-air fuel cell configured to provide power to the vehicle motor drive;
• a waste heat transfer system including a diverter system configured to thermally couple the metal-air fuel cell and the at least one of the vehicle motor or the vehicle motor drive;
• and
• a control system configured to operate the waste heat transfer system to selectively transfer waste heat to the first metal-air fuel cell and the second metal-air fuel cell,
• wherein the control system is configured to determine a power output status of the metal-air fuel cell, and to operate the diverter system to transfer the waste heat from the at least one of the vehicle motor or the vehicle motor drive to the metal-air fuel cell in response to determining the power output status.

A vehicle, comprising:

• at least one of a vehicle motor or vehicle motor drive;
• an aluminum-air fuel cell;
• a waste heat transfer system configured to thermally couple the aluminum-air fuel cell and the at least one of the vehicle motor or the vehicle motor drive;
• and
• a control system configured to operate the waste heat transfer system to selectively transfer waste heat from the at least one of the vehicle motor or the vehicle motor drive to the aluminum-air fuel cell,
• wherein the waste heat transfer system includes a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, a liquid-to-air heat exchanger, and a diverter system.