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US 11,077,768 B2Granted
Personalized range protection strategy for electrified vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsXiao Guang Yang, Jianbo Lu
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Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a vehicle system to refine a travel range estimation of an electrified vehicle if a desired destination cannot be reached under current driving conditions. The controlling step includes warning a driver about a travel range based on the driver's driving habits, coaching the driver to modify the driving habits, and adjusting operation of at least one vehicle subsystem.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- controlling a vehicle system to refine a travel range estimation of an electrified vehicle when a desired destination cannot be reached under current driving conditions, the controlling step including warning a driver about a travel range based on the driver's driving habits, coaching the driver to modify the driving habits, and adjusting operation of at least one vehicle subsystem in a manner that refines the travel range estimation,
- wherein the vehicle system includes a control system configured to execute the controlling of the vehicle system.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- a high voltage battery pack;
- a vehicle subsystem selectively powered by said high voltage battery pack;
- and
- a control system configured to warn a driver about a travel range based on the driver's driving habits and adjust operation of said vehicle subsystem in a manner that refines a travel range estimation when a desired destination cannot be reached under current driving conditions.
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A method, comprising:
- controlling a vehicle system to refine a travel range estimation of an electrified vehicle when a desired destination cannot be reached under current driving conditions, wherein controlling the vehicle system includes automatically reducing auxiliary power usage associated with a vehicle subsystem in a manner that increases a travel range of the electrified vehicle,
- wherein automatically reducing the auxiliary power usage is executed by a control system module of the electrified vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.