Interactive functionality for PHEV users to reach minimum comprehensive consumption

A comprehensive consumption control method for a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicle having an electrified powertrain including an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, the comprehensive consumption control method comprising:

• receiving, by a user interface of the PHEV vehicle, a user-selected comprehensive consumption mode from a plurality of different comprehensive consumption modes for the electrified powertrain, each comprehensive consumption mode specifying a different distributed usage of power sources for the electric motor and the engine, wherein the power source for the electric motor is state of charge (SOC) in a battery system and the power source for the engine is fuel in a fuel system, and wherein none of the plurality of different comprehensive consumption modes for the PHEV vehicle indicates initial full usage of the battery system SOC and the electric motor followed by subsequent usage of the fuel and the engine;
• receiving, by a controller of the PHEV vehicle and from the user interface, the user-selected comprehensive consumption mode for the electrified powertrain;
• and
• controlling, by the controller, the electrified powertrain based on the user-selected comprehensive consumption mode such that the electric motor and the engine use the battery system SOC and the fuel according to the distributed usage specified by the user-selected comprehensive consumption mode,
• wherein each of the plurality of different comprehensive consumption modes defines only simultaneous usage periods of both (i) the electric motor and the SOC in the battery system and (ii) the engine and the fuel in the fuel system.