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The Golf Alltrack is the latest Volkswagen vehicle to receive the newer AWD 4Motion system—Sharan, Tiguan, Phideon (China), Passat Alltrack and Golf R 4Motion being other recent vehicles. The deployment of the well-engineered mechanical system, with its years of software control experience supporting it, also raises the question of the future of “4Motion” under electrification, and Volkswagen’s vehicle dynamics strategy. For example, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this year, Volkswagen presented the Tiguan GTE Active Concept plug-in hybrid. SUV format. The primary goal was to create a synthesis of plug-in hybrid technology and maximum off-road performance. The all-wheel plug-in hybrid system of the Tiguan GTE Active Concept—with a turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engine and one electric motor on each axle—is rear-wheel-drive dominant (the Golf Alltrack is front-wheel-drive dominant). In normal driving situations, propulsion comes via the electric motor on the rear axle. However, as soon as traction loss is detected, the front axle is engaged too within fractions of a second.
This also happens whenever the driver activates one of the all-wheel or off-road programs via the newly developed 4MOTION Active Control system that was specifically configured for the concept car. Thus, even without the mechanical Haldex coupler for drive distribution, Volkswagen refers to the AWD capability as “4MOTION”. The new Golf Alltrack’s 4MOTION system is activated before any wheelspin occurs, helping eliminate nearly all traction losses. The system achieves this by using an advanced control function based on specific driving conditions, detected by a number of readings from sensors: vehicle speed, acceleration, lateral torque, and yaw. When operating under a relatively low load or when coasting, the front wheels are driven and the rear wheels are decoupled, which can help save fuel. However, the rear wheels can be engaged in fractions of a second whenever necessary via the center differential, which is activated by an electro-hydraulic oil pump. A control unit continually calculates the ideal drive torque for the rear wheels and controls how much the multi-plate clutch should be closed by activating the oil pump.
The oil pressure increases the contact pressure at the clutch plates in proportion to the torque desired at the rear axle. So, the amount of pressure applied to the clutch plates can be used to continuously vary the amount of torque going between the front and rear wheels, up to a maximum of 50% at the rear axle. Golf Alltrack uses two functions that provide torque vectoring capabilities—i.e., lateral distribution. Electronic Differential Locks (EDL)—a function of the electronic stability control system—act laterally. The system can briefly brake a wheel that is slipping, enabling uninterrupted and stable transfer of drive power to the wheel on the opposite side. Cross Differential System—a feature originally developed for the performance-oriented GTI model—acts somewhat like an electronic substitute for a traditional mechanical limited-slip differential, working by actively monitoring data from each wheel sensor. If the suspension becomes unloaded, the system automatically applies braking to the driven inside wheel as needed to help reduce understeer (the tendency for the front wheels to run wide). This not only helps stability, but can also help improve handling and cornering performance.
