Design and control of a narrow electric vehicle

A narrow electric vehicle has been designed and controlled by an active vehicle dynamics control system. The proposed vehicle is equipped with four in-wheel traction motors, as well as four independently controlled steering systems. Simulation results show that the vehicle handling and road stability performances, mainly its overturning threshold, when compared with those expected from the non-tilting narrow vehicles, have been dramatically improved and the proposed vehicle behaves almost similar to that of a conventional one.