Study on Electronic Differential Control for a Mini Electric Vehicle with Dual In-Wheel-Motor Rear Drive

An electronic differential control system (EDS) has been designed based on a mini electric vehicle (EV) with dual in-wheel-motor rear drive. In view of imperfection of current strategy with speed and moment as control variables, a new control strategy for EDS in a two in-wheel-motor drive EV is proposed with the moment of driving wheel torque as control variable and the slip rate equilibrium of two driving wheels as control objective, considering the effects of axle load transfer. The differential control experiments are conducted with steering mode and straight acceleration mode based on the vehicle prototype. The results show that the control strategy is reasonable, and the controller can effectively realize EV electronic differential by coordinating the moment of two driving wheels.