RESUMO
As a single feature parameter cannot comprehensively evaluate the health status of a battery, a multi-source information fusion method based on the Gaussian mixture model and Bayesian inference distance is proposed for the health assessment of vehicle batteries. The missing and abnormal data from real-life vehicle operations are preprocessed to extract the sensitive characteristic parameters which determine the battery performance. The normal state Gaussian mixture model is established using the fault-free state data, whereas the Bayesian inference distance is constructed as an index to quantitatively evaluate the battery performance state. In order to solve the problem that abnormal data may exist in the measured data and introduce errors into evaluation results, the determination rules of abnormal data are formulated. The verification of real-life vehicle operation data reveals that the proposed method can accurately evaluate the onboard battery state and reduce safety hazards of electric vehicles during the normal operation process.