Chassis Technology for Autonomous Electric Vehicles
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Jinyue Tian
- Language: English
The automotive industry is undergoing a transformation and an upgrade towards electrification, intelligence, and digitization. Focusing on the indispensable aspect of automobiles,… Read more
Description
Description
The automotive industry is undergoing a transformation and an upgrade towards electrification, intelligence, and digitization. Focusing on the indispensable aspect of automobiles, the "electric vehicle chassis" has become the integrated carrier of the transformation towards electrification and intelligence, and the foundation for the implementation of autonomous driving in automobiles. The chassis of autonomous electric vehicles is defined as an integrated system that uses computer, control, communication, and various automation technologies to improve the safety and operational efficiency of road traffic, reduce energy consumption, and minimize environmental impact. Electric Chassis Technology for Autonomous Vehicles provides an up-to-date review of current development and likely future trends.
Key features
Key features
- Integrates the concepts of electrification and intelligence
- Provides multidisciplinary information, combining both theory and engineering practice
- Constructs a systematic knowledge system, keeping up with cutting-edge dynamics and regulatory requirements
- Provides readers with comprehensive technical guidance on how to implement electric chassis technology in autonomous vehicles: from principles through to implementation
Readership
Readership
Engineers working in automotive design
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Basic Structure of Electric Vehicle Chassis
1.1.1 Composition of Automotive Chassis
1.1.2 Pure electric vehicle chassis
1.1.3 Hybrid Vehicle Chassis
1.1.4 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Chassis
1.2 Unmanned electric vehicle chassis
1.2.1 Structural composition of autonomous vehicles
1.2.2 Basic characteristics of unmanned electric vehicle chassis
1.2.3 Classification and System of Autonomous Driving
1.3 Application of Autonomous Driving Technology
1.3.1. Autonomous driving and connected vehicles
1.3.2. Autonomous driving and intelligent transportation systems
1.3.3 Application of Autonomous Vehicles in Specific Areas
2. Chassis Powertrain and Energy System
2.1 DC Motor and Its Drive Control System
2.1.1 Working principle of DC motor
2.1.2 Dynamic equation and characteristic analysis of DC motor
2.1.3 Speed regulation method of DC motor
2.1.4 Pulse Width Modulation Control of DC Motor
2.1.5 Torque and Speed Control of DC Motor
2.1.6 Characteristics of DC Motor
2.2 AC Induction Motor and Its Drive System
2.2.1 Working principle of AC induction motor
2.2.2 Characteristics Analysis of AC Induction Motor
2.2.3 Vector Control of AC Induction Motor
2.2.4 Characteristics and Applications of AC Induction Motors
2.3 Permanent magnet synchronous motor and its drive system
2.3.1 Permanent magnet brushless DC motor and its drive system
2.3.2. Permanent magnet synchronous motor and its drive system
2.4 Switched Reluctance Motor and Its Drive System
2.4.1 Structure and Working Principle of Switched Reluctance Motor
2.4.2 Control of Switched Reluctance Motor
2.4.3 Characteristics and Applications of Switched Reluctance Motors
3. Electric Vehicle Battery Management
3.1 Basic Functions of Battery Management System
3.1.1 Battery Status Analysis
3.1.2 Battery Safety Protection
3.1.3 Energy Control Management
3.1.4 Information Control Management
3.2 Structure of Battery Management System
3.2.1 BMS Hardware
3.2.2 BMS Software
3.3 Estimation of Battery SOC
3.3.1 Factors affecting SOC
3.3.2 SOC Estimation Method
3.4 Estimation of Battery State of Health (SOH)
3.4.1 Factors affecting battery SOH estimation
3.4.2 Estimation method of battery SOH
3.5 Thermal Management of Batteries
3.5.1 Definition of Battery Thermal Management
3.5.2 Necessity of Battery Thermal Management
3.5.3 Battery Thermal Management Plan
3.6 Balanced Management of Batteries
3.6.1 Passive Equilibrium
3.6.2 Active Equilibrium
3.6.3 The impact of individual differences in battery cells on balance
3.7 Matching of BMS and Vehicle Control System for EV Models
3.8 Matching of PHEV BMS and Vehicle Control System
3.8.1 Functions of PHEV Key Components
3.8.2 PHEV Model Function Matching Debugging Inspection
4. Electric Vehicle Power Converter
4.1 Power System Architecture of Electric Vehicles
4.2 Categories of power converters
4.3 Application of Power Converter in Electric Vehicles3
4.4 Hardware Circuit Design of Power Converter
5. Wire Controlled Steering System
5.1 Structure and Requirements of Wire Controlled Steering System
5.2 Structure and Principle of Automatic Steering System
5.3 Vehicle Steering Dynamics and Kinematics
5.3.1 Coordinate System Establishment
5.3.2 Vehicle Dynamics Model
5.3.3 Wheel Dynamics Model
5.4 Dynamic characteristics of steering system position control
5.5 Steering actuator modeling
5.5.1 Establishment of Virtual Prototype Model
5.5.2 Determining the Input and Output of ADAMS
5.5.3 Setting Variables and Functions in ADAMS
5.5.4 Establishment of Joint Simulation Model
5.5.5 Dynamic Characteristics Simulation of Steering System
5.6 PID regulation of steering system
5.6.1 Basic Concepts of PID Algorithm
5.6.2 System simulation based on PID control
6. Line Control Dynamic System
6.1 Vehicle Braking Requirements
6.2 Braking principle of unmanned vehicles
6.2.1 Control Architecture of Braking System for Autonomous Vehicles
6.2.2 Lower level execution module of autonomous vehicle braking system
6.2.3 Upper control module of autonomous vehicle braking system
6.3 Line control dynamic technology
6.4 Dynamic Analysis of Hydraulic Braking Components and Systems for Electric Vehicles
6.4.1 Balance of Hydraulic Pressure Control Valve
6.4.2 Dynamic analysis of brake valve
6.4.3 Dynamic analysis of brake pipeline
6.4.4 Dynamic analysis of brake cylinder
6.4.5 Dynamic Analysis of the System
6.5 Analysis of Factors Affecting Braking Energy Recovery
7. Chassis Transmission System Control
7.1 Integrated Control Process
7.2 Response and Control of Accelerator Pedal
7.3 Shifting Rules of Transmission
7.4 Optimized Flexible Shift Control Strategy
8. Chassis Controller
8.1 Basic Functions of Wire Controlled Chassis
8.2 CANFD and FLEXRAY Network Structure and Communication Methods
8.2.1 Introduction to CANFD
8.2.2 Introduction to FLEXRAY
8.3 Fault Diagnosis and Handling in the Power Chassis Domain
8.3.1 Fault Diagnosis Based on Signal Processing
8.3.2 Knowledge based Fault Diagnosis
8.3.3 Model based Fault Diagnosis
9. Perception Sensors for Autonomous Electric Vehicle Chassis
9.1 Camera
9.2 Lidar
9.2.1 Two dimensional optical radar
9.2.2 3D LiDAR
9.3 millimeter wave radar
9.4 Vehicle Coordinate System
9.4.1 Monocular Visual Calibration
9.4.2 Binocular vision calibration
9.5 From Sensor Coordinate System to Vehicle Coordinate System
10. Electric Vehicle Chassis Bus and Communication Network
10.1 CAN Technical Specification
10.2 Basic Composition and Data Transmission Principle of CAN
10.3 Bus CAN Network Architecture and Its Characteristics
11. Vehicle mounted Intelligent Terminal
11.1 Composition and Functions of Vehicle Terminal
11.2 Satellite positioning system
11.3 GPRS Communication System
11.4 Fault Diagnosis System
11.5 Vehicle Road Collaboration System
11.6 Vehicle Information Management System
11.7 Application of In Vehicle Intelligent Terminals
12. Safety Design of Autonomous Electric Vehicle Chassis
12.1 Specific requirements of ISO26262
12.2 Functional Safety of Computing Infrastructure Platform
12.3 Expected functional safety of autonomous driving
12.4 Introduction to Automotive Network Security Standards
1.1 Basic Structure of Electric Vehicle Chassis
1.1.1 Composition of Automotive Chassis
1.1.2 Pure electric vehicle chassis
1.1.3 Hybrid Vehicle Chassis
1.1.4 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Chassis
1.2 Unmanned electric vehicle chassis
1.2.1 Structural composition of autonomous vehicles
1.2.2 Basic characteristics of unmanned electric vehicle chassis
1.2.3 Classification and System of Autonomous Driving
1.3 Application of Autonomous Driving Technology
1.3.1. Autonomous driving and connected vehicles
1.3.2. Autonomous driving and intelligent transportation systems
1.3.3 Application of Autonomous Vehicles in Specific Areas
2. Chassis Powertrain and Energy System
2.1 DC Motor and Its Drive Control System
2.1.1 Working principle of DC motor
2.1.2 Dynamic equation and characteristic analysis of DC motor
2.1.3 Speed regulation method of DC motor
2.1.4 Pulse Width Modulation Control of DC Motor
2.1.5 Torque and Speed Control of DC Motor
2.1.6 Characteristics of DC Motor
2.2 AC Induction Motor and Its Drive System
2.2.1 Working principle of AC induction motor
2.2.2 Characteristics Analysis of AC Induction Motor
2.2.3 Vector Control of AC Induction Motor
2.2.4 Characteristics and Applications of AC Induction Motors
2.3 Permanent magnet synchronous motor and its drive system
2.3.1 Permanent magnet brushless DC motor and its drive system
2.3.2. Permanent magnet synchronous motor and its drive system
2.4 Switched Reluctance Motor and Its Drive System
2.4.1 Structure and Working Principle of Switched Reluctance Motor
2.4.2 Control of Switched Reluctance Motor
2.4.3 Characteristics and Applications of Switched Reluctance Motors
3. Electric Vehicle Battery Management
3.1 Basic Functions of Battery Management System
3.1.1 Battery Status Analysis
3.1.2 Battery Safety Protection
3.1.3 Energy Control Management
3.1.4 Information Control Management
3.2 Structure of Battery Management System
3.2.1 BMS Hardware
3.2.2 BMS Software
3.3 Estimation of Battery SOC
3.3.1 Factors affecting SOC
3.3.2 SOC Estimation Method
3.4 Estimation of Battery State of Health (SOH)
3.4.1 Factors affecting battery SOH estimation
3.4.2 Estimation method of battery SOH
3.5 Thermal Management of Batteries
3.5.1 Definition of Battery Thermal Management
3.5.2 Necessity of Battery Thermal Management
3.5.3 Battery Thermal Management Plan
3.6 Balanced Management of Batteries
3.6.1 Passive Equilibrium
3.6.2 Active Equilibrium
3.6.3 The impact of individual differences in battery cells on balance
3.7 Matching of BMS and Vehicle Control System for EV Models
3.8 Matching of PHEV BMS and Vehicle Control System
3.8.1 Functions of PHEV Key Components
3.8.2 PHEV Model Function Matching Debugging Inspection
4. Electric Vehicle Power Converter
4.1 Power System Architecture of Electric Vehicles
4.2 Categories of power converters
4.3 Application of Power Converter in Electric Vehicles3
4.4 Hardware Circuit Design of Power Converter
5. Wire Controlled Steering System
5.1 Structure and Requirements of Wire Controlled Steering System
5.2 Structure and Principle of Automatic Steering System
5.3 Vehicle Steering Dynamics and Kinematics
5.3.1 Coordinate System Establishment
5.3.2 Vehicle Dynamics Model
5.3.3 Wheel Dynamics Model
5.4 Dynamic characteristics of steering system position control
5.5 Steering actuator modeling
5.5.1 Establishment of Virtual Prototype Model
5.5.2 Determining the Input and Output of ADAMS
5.5.3 Setting Variables and Functions in ADAMS
5.5.4 Establishment of Joint Simulation Model
5.5.5 Dynamic Characteristics Simulation of Steering System
5.6 PID regulation of steering system
5.6.1 Basic Concepts of PID Algorithm
5.6.2 System simulation based on PID control
6. Line Control Dynamic System
6.1 Vehicle Braking Requirements
6.2 Braking principle of unmanned vehicles
6.2.1 Control Architecture of Braking System for Autonomous Vehicles
6.2.2 Lower level execution module of autonomous vehicle braking system
6.2.3 Upper control module of autonomous vehicle braking system
6.3 Line control dynamic technology
6.4 Dynamic Analysis of Hydraulic Braking Components and Systems for Electric Vehicles
6.4.1 Balance of Hydraulic Pressure Control Valve
6.4.2 Dynamic analysis of brake valve
6.4.3 Dynamic analysis of brake pipeline
6.4.4 Dynamic analysis of brake cylinder
6.4.5 Dynamic Analysis of the System
6.5 Analysis of Factors Affecting Braking Energy Recovery
7. Chassis Transmission System Control
7.1 Integrated Control Process
7.2 Response and Control of Accelerator Pedal
7.3 Shifting Rules of Transmission
7.4 Optimized Flexible Shift Control Strategy
8. Chassis Controller
8.1 Basic Functions of Wire Controlled Chassis
8.2 CANFD and FLEXRAY Network Structure and Communication Methods
8.2.1 Introduction to CANFD
8.2.2 Introduction to FLEXRAY
8.3 Fault Diagnosis and Handling in the Power Chassis Domain
8.3.1 Fault Diagnosis Based on Signal Processing
8.3.2 Knowledge based Fault Diagnosis
8.3.3 Model based Fault Diagnosis
9. Perception Sensors for Autonomous Electric Vehicle Chassis
9.1 Camera
9.2 Lidar
9.2.1 Two dimensional optical radar
9.2.2 3D LiDAR
9.3 millimeter wave radar
9.4 Vehicle Coordinate System
9.4.1 Monocular Visual Calibration
9.4.2 Binocular vision calibration
9.5 From Sensor Coordinate System to Vehicle Coordinate System
10. Electric Vehicle Chassis Bus and Communication Network
10.1 CAN Technical Specification
10.2 Basic Composition and Data Transmission Principle of CAN
10.3 Bus CAN Network Architecture and Its Characteristics
11. Vehicle mounted Intelligent Terminal
11.1 Composition and Functions of Vehicle Terminal
11.2 Satellite positioning system
11.3 GPRS Communication System
11.4 Fault Diagnosis System
11.5 Vehicle Road Collaboration System
11.6 Vehicle Information Management System
11.7 Application of In Vehicle Intelligent Terminals
12. Safety Design of Autonomous Electric Vehicle Chassis
12.1 Specific requirements of ISO26262
12.2 Functional Safety of Computing Infrastructure Platform
12.3 Expected functional safety of autonomous driving
12.4 Introduction to Automotive Network Security Standards
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
JT
Jinyue Tian
Jinyue Tian is a professor at the School of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University. He has been engaged in automotive transmission system and automatic transmission research and development for several years. He has published more than 60 articles in international and national technical journals, and has also published three academic monographs
Affiliations and expertise
Jiangsu University, China