Reutilization of regenerative braking energy for delaying an engine start event

A delay system for delaying a start of an internal combustion engine (“ICE”) in a hybrid vehicle, the delay system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
• an energy module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
• identify a stopping location for the hybrid vehicle;
• identify a regenerative braking event for the hybrid vehicle that assists in stopping the hybrid vehicle at the stopping location;
• identify an actual energy value based on a regenerative braking energy generated during the regenerative braking event;
• determine an estimated energy value based on a predicted regenerative braking energy from a predicted braking event causing the hybrid vehicle to stop at the stopping location, wherein the predicted braking event is based on user braking data;
• determine an energy savings value based, at least in part, on a difference between the actual energy value and the estimated energy value;
• and
• a threshold module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
• responsive to the ICE being off, delay the start of the ICE based, at least in part, on the energy savings value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium delaying a start of an internal combustion engine (“ICE”) in a hybrid vehicle and storing instructions that when executed by one or more processor cause the one or more processors to:

• identify a stopping location for the hybrid vehicle;
• identify a regenerative braking event for the hybrid vehicle that assists in stopping the hybrid vehicle at the stopping location;
• identify an actual energy value based on a regenerative braking energy generated during the regenerative braking event;
• determine an estimated energy value based on a predicted regenerative braking energy from a predicted braking event causing the hybrid vehicle to stop at the stopping location, wherein the predicted braking event is based on user braking data;
• determine an energy savings value based, at least in part, on a difference between the actual energy value and the estimated energy value;
• and
• responsive to the ICE being off, delay the start of the ICE based, at least in part, on the energy savings value.