Electrified vehicle state of charge communication method and assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHeinrich Enslin, Jeffery R. Grimes
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Abstract
An electrified vehicle state of charge communication method includes, among other things, communicating a charge state notification when an actual state of charge of a traction battery is depleted such that the actual state of charge falls within a first reserve range. The method further includes adjusting the first reserve range to provide a second reserve range different than the first reserve range, and, after the adjusting, communicating the charge state notification when the actual state of charge is depleted such that the actual state of charge falls within the second reserve range.
Claims19
An electrified vehicle state of charge communication method, comprising:
- communicating a charge state notification when an actual state of charge of a traction battery is depleted such that the actual state of charge falls within a first reserve range;
- adjusting the first reserve range to provide a second reserve range different than the first reserve range;
- and
- after the adjusting, communicating the charge state notification when the actual state of charge is depleted such that the actual state of charge falls within the second reserve range.
An electrified vehicle state of charge communication assembly, comprising:
- a traction battery;
- a notification system that communicates a charge state notification to a user in response to an actual state of charge of the traction battery being depleted to fall within a reserve range;
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- a controller that adjusts the reserve range to change the actual state of charge that will cause the notification system to communicate the charge state notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.