“…With these new configurations, normally composed by 2 or 4 electric motors, the traditional mechanical differentials are eliminated from the powertrain, as well as its energy losses, and the torque transmitted to each driven wheel can be independently controlled. Accordingly, this new degree of control can be explored to perform torque allocation based on the vehicle yaw-rate and side-slip control, which improve the vehicle handling (He et al, 2005) and the lateral safety (Geng et al, 2009). Although important, this block is still under internal development by our team (de Castro, 2010) and we are planning to incorporate it, as soon as possible, in the powertrain library.…”