Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Allan Alimario

Benjamin A Tabatowski-Bush

Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees

Peter Brittle

Robert Taenaka

Satish B Chikkannanavar

Paspuleti Ashish Kumar Naidu

Jonathan Tao

Debborah Callicoat

Cheng Tan

A vehicle includes a controller that is configured to, while a battery temperature exceeds a threshold and state of charge (SOC) is above an SOC threshold, enable an electric machine to provide torque assistance at a power limit, and responsive to the temperature dropping below the threshold, increase the power limit and enable the electric machine to provide torque assistance while the SOC is above a cold SOC threshold less than the SOC threshold.

Hybrid vehicle and powertrain

A hybrid vehicle battery system that comprises a plurality of cells that are electrically coupled to an electric motor of the vehicle is provided, the electric motor being mechanically coupled to a drive system of the vehicle. The battery system is configured to: determine a voltage requirement of the battery system at least partially based on a current operating mode or an anticipated operating mode; and adjust the configuration of the cells in order to increase or decrease the voltage of the battery system according to the requirement. A method of operating a hybrid vehicle is also provided.

Battery system

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Allan Alimario