Method and assembly for reducing energy consumption of an electrified vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKarin Lovett, Angel Fernando Porras, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Ryan J. Skaff
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes changing a scheduled preconditioning cycle of an electrified vehicle in response to a period without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle. Another exemplary method includes communicating an alert to an operator of an electrified vehicle in response to at least one preconditioning cycle of the electrified vehicle without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- changing a scheduled preconditioning cycle of an electrified vehicle in response to a period without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle.
The method of claim 5, further comprising automatically placing the electrified vehicle in an extended park mode if a threshold amount of time has passed after the alerting.
A method, comprising:
- communicating an alert to an operator of an electrified vehicle in response to at least one preconditioning cycle of the electrified vehicle without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle.
An electrified vehicle assembly, comprising:
- an electrified vehicle controller that selectively initiates a preconditioning cycle within an electrified vehicle;
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- a transmitter that communicates an alert to an operator of an electrified vehicle in response to at least one preconditioning cycle without a key cycle of an electrified vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.