Torque Vectoring Control Techniques for Vehicle Parking

Parking in confined spaces can be quite challenging. It is often a herculean task to align the vehicle in the parking slots where the driver has to make several attempts to park properly. One such ingenious technology that augments vehicle handling, directional controlling and overall driving agility is torque vectoring. It is becoming a pioneer in creating smarter, more responsive vehicles unlike traditional vehicles. With torque vectoring, EV’s can precisely control the torque delivered to each wheel with independent motors per wheel. In confined spaces as well by selectively distributing torque to individual wheels, it optimizes traction and vehicle control, making tasks like parking, sharp turns, and navigating narrow streets smoother and more efficient. This paper confers about the use of torque vectoring techniques in electric vehicles for smoother and more proficient vehicles handling in tight spaces like parking, which significantly reduces driver efforts while maximizing the handling characteristics. With the aid of CarMaker and Simulink co-simulation environment, different test cases of parking are performed, and test data is analyzed to foreshow the advantage of torque vectoring in reducing vehicle turning radius and directional controlling while parking. In addition to this, the comparison for vehicle parking of both with and without torque vectoring vehicles is done to assert the key advantages. Keywords: Torque vectoring, Directional Control, Electric vehicle, CarMaker, Simulink.