Thermal management system for a vehicle

A thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system comprising:

• a first set of one or more sensors configured to measure at least one of a heat flux or a temperature of a first group of components of the vehicle, at least one component of the first group of components generating heat;
• a second set of one or more sensors configured to measure at least one of a heat flux or a temperature of a second group of components of the vehicle;
• a thermal system interconnected between the first and the second groups of components;
• and
• a processing device in communication with the first and the second sets of the one or more sensors and the thermal system, wherein the processing device is configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to perform operations comprising:
• acquiring sensor data from the first set of the one or more sensors indicative of the heat flux and/or the temperature of the first group of components of the vehicle, and acquiring sensor data from the second set of the one or more sensors indicative of the heat flux and/or the temperature of the second group of components of the vehicle;
• and
• based on the sensor data from the first and second sets of the one or more sensors, determining if the heat generated by the at least one component of the first group of components should be (i) transferred via the thermal system to provide directed heating to at least one component of the second group of components, (ii) transformed into usable electric energy, and/or (iii) dissipated into an environment around the vehicle.