Cooling performance indicator

A method for outputting a cooling performance indicator, the method comprising:

• pumping coolant through a cooling circuit comprising a plurality of pathways and a coolant cooler using a coolant pump;
• determining, by a controller, a coolant system status of a cooling system for cooling a plurality of electrical components of a vehicle based, at least in part, on a coolant temperature of the coolant in the cooling system, an ambient temperature, and a vehicle speed;
• determining, by the controller, that the coolant system status exceeds a coolant system status threshold;
• determining, by the controller, a thermal load status of at least one electrical component of the vehicle cooled by the cooling system;
• determining, by the controller, that the thermal load status exceeds a thermal load status threshold;
• outputting, by the controller, a cooling performance indicator in response, at least in part, to determining that the coolant system status exceeds the coolant system status threshold and that the thermal load status exceeds the thermal load status threshold, the cooling performance indicator indicating an issue with the cooling system;
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• controlling at least the coolant pump based at least in part on the coolant system status and the thermal load status.

A method for outputting a cooling performance indicator, the method comprising:

• determining, by a controller, a coolant system status of a cooling system for cooling a plurality of electrical components of a vehicle based, at least in part, on a coolant temperature of coolant in the cooling system;
• determining, by the controller, that the coolant system status does not exceed a coolant system status threshold;
• determining, by the controller, a thermal load status of at least one electrical component of the vehicle cooled by the cooling system;
• determining, by the controller, that the thermal load status exceeds a thermal load status threshold;
• outputting, by the controller, a cooling performance indicator in response, at least in part, to determining that the coolant system status does not exceed the coolant system status threshold and that the thermal load status exceeds the thermal load status threshold, the cooling performance indicator indicating an issue with cooling of the at least one electrical component;
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• controlling at least a coolant pump of the coolant system based at least in part on the coolant system status and the thermal load status.