Electrified heavy-duty wheel corner design for optimized motion and force control

Research Project, 2025 – 2029

As the demand for improved efficiency and safety in electrified vehicles grows, it is essential to integrate control theory and emerging technologies into the design of next-generation vehicle motion systems. Most current vehicle motion systems result from decades of hardware-focused design, with control engineering playing a secondary role. Many components found in commercial vehicle motion systems today are legacy technologies carried over from Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, limiting their application in modern electrified vehicles. The idea proposed in this project is to develop a motion system where each wheel contributes to generating individual optimal driving forces, so-called electrified wheel corners or electrified wheel ends.