Electrified vehicle with biased control of heating sources

A method for controlling an electrified vehicle having a human-machine interface configured to store a heating source user preference, a battery powering an electric machine to provide torque to vehicle wheels, an electric heater powered by the battery, and a heat pump, the method comprising, by a vehicle controller:

• determining whether a heating source user preference has been stored in an associated memory location accessible by the vehicle controller;
• and
• responsive to receiving a heating request when a heating source user preference has not been stored in the associated memory location accessible by the vehicle controller, operating the heater and not the heat pump to heat a cooling fluid when the electrified vehicle is electrically connected to an external power source to receive external power and state of charge of the battery is above an associated state of charge threshold, and operating the heat pump and not the heater to heat the cooling fluid when the electrified vehicle is not electrically connected to the external power source to receive external power or when state of charge of the battery is not above the associated state of charge threshold.

A system for an electrified vehicle, the system comprising:

• a cooling circuit including at least an electric heater and a heat pump configured to generate heat to a coolant circulating within the cooling circuit;
• and
• a controller programmed to, responsive to receiving a heating request, operate at least one of the electric heater and the heat pump based on a previously stored preference indicating either quiet operation of the system that biases operation toward the electric heater relative to the heat pump to reduce noise, vibration, and harshness of the electrified vehicle or efficient operation of the system that biases operation toward the heat pump relative to the electric heater to improve heating efficiency of the electrified vehicle.