Abstract:A structure of electromagnetic suspension with in-wheel motor was proposed. This structure was aimed at conquering the unsprung mass increase because of the motor in wheel to worsen tire grounding and ride comfort. In addition, this structure was equivalent to dynamic vibration absorber, which can effectively share the road vertical excitation on the tire. Thus, the dynamic model of the electromagnetic suspension was established with inwheel motor. The transfer characteristics and the performance indexes (vehicle acceleration and tire dynamic load) between the quality systems were analyzed by simulation. The results showed that the suspension system can effectively inhibit the wheel-type formant during the frequency domain, and make the wheel-shaped resonant frequency avoid falling in the most sensitive section of the human body: 4~12.5Hz. Based on the structure, the actuator would use the skyhook control strategy to improve the ride comfort. Compared with the conventional suspension, the body acceleration of new system was reduced by 23.1%, and tire dynamic load was decreased by 166%. In terms of modified structure and the sky-hook control strategy, the performance of ride comfort and tire grounding were improved obviously. Finally, the experiment was carried out on the singleaisle pedestals to verify the feasibility of the new structure and control method. The results showed that the negative effect of vertical vibration caused by the increase of the non-spring load of electric vehicle was suppressed by the new structure and new control method.