Novel shift process control strategy for two-speed clutchless automatic mechanical transmission based on segmented speed regulation

Battery electric vehicles (BEV) equipped with two-speed automatic mechanical transmission (AMT) have gained increasing popularity owing to advantages of a widened high-efficiency operation zone and system costs. In this study, a combined gear shift control strategy including a segmented speed regulation control and torque recovery control was developed for a two-speed AMT in BEV. The switching point of proportional integral control and sliding mode control during speed regulation process is adaptively optimized to ensure minimization of the shift time, while the maximum vehicle jerk is controlled within a defined range. The effectiveness of proposed control strategy is verified by a test bench. Results show that proposed control strategy can not only ensure the impact degree fluctuates within a predetermined range, but also achieve fast and accurate speed regulation which can reduce the speed regulation time by 17%–33%.