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US 10,093,303 B2Granted
Method and system for determining a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle expected drive range
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDuane M. Grider, Bruce Carvell Blakemore
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Abstract
A vehicle may include an engine and electric machine each configured to generate motive power for the vehicle, a battery configured to store energy for the electric machine, and a tank configured to store fuel for the engine. The vehicle may further include one or more controllers configured to determine a vehicle drive range based on an amount of fuel in the tank and an available charge depletion energy in the battery.
Claims9
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine and electric machine each configured to generate motive power for the vehicle;
- a battery configured to store energy for the electric machine;
- a tank configured to store fuel for the engine;
- and
- one or more controllers configured to output a vehicle drive range based on output from a first sensor related to an available charge depletion energy in the battery for operating in charge depleting mode and output from a second sensor related to an amount of fuel in the tank.
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A method for advising a driver of a vehicle including a battery and fuel tank comprising:
- outputting, by at least one controller, a drive range based on output from sensors related to a gasoline consumption rate for a drive cycle of the vehicle, an equivalent gasoline consumption rate for the drive cycle, an amount of fuel in the fuel tank, and an available charge depletion energy in the battery for operating in charge depleting mode.
A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle comprising:
- a battery;
- a fuel tank;
- and
- one or more controllers configured to output an expected drive range of the vehicle based on output from a first sensor related to an available charge depletion energy in the battery for operating in charge depleting mode and output from a second sensor related to an amount of fuel in the fuel tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.