Vehicle distance-to-empty prediction system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJimmy KAPADIA, Daniel Lewis BOSTON, Anne GOERING
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, an interface, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to propel the vehicle. The battery is configured to provide electrical power to the electric machine. The controller is programmed to, display a distance-to-empty prediction on the interface. The controller is also programmed to, in response to detecting a change in a cargo load on the vehicle, adjust the distance-to-empty prediction based on shared data from other vehicles.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- an electric machine configured to propel the vehicle;
- a battery configured to provide electrical power to the electric machine;
- an interface;
- and
- a controller programmed to,
- display a distance-to-empty prediction on the interface, and
- in response to detecting a change in a cargo load on the vehicle, adjust the distance-to-empty prediction based on shared data from other vehicles.
A vehicle controller comprising:
- an input configured to received signals indicative of a cargo load that has been placed onto the vehicle;
- an output configured to transmit a signal indicative of a distance-to-empty prediction;
- and
- control logic programmed to, in response to detecting a change in the cargo load on the vehicle, adjust the distance-to-empty prediction based on shared data from other vehicles.
A method of adjusting a distance-to-empty prediction of an electric vehicle comprising:
- displaying a distance-to-empty prediction on an interface;
- and
- in response to detecting a change in a cargo load on the vehicle, adjusting the distance-to-empty prediction based on shared data from other vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.