Abstract
Electric Vehicles (EVs) have attractive advantages in motion control performance, such as 1) fast torque response, 2) accurate torque output, and 3) the possibility of distributed motor configuration. These advantages could be utilized for active safety issues. For example, fast feedback control techniques could be fully applied in EVs. If appropriate controller is applied, it can change the dynamics of each wheel and the wheel comes to be stable for slip phenomena. We assume that (1) such minor wheel controller can stabilize the unstable lateral motion, (2) thus it can be an effective minor loop in the vehicle stability control system or DYC (Direct Yaw Moment Control) system. Experimental results with "UOT March II", which is newly constructed, are also discussed.
