Ford Motor Company Limited

Allen Duan

Steven Yellin Schondorf

Joseph F Stanek

Vijay Garg

Floyd Cadwell

Shahid Ahmed Siddiqui

Elaine Y Chen

Jeffrey Boismier

George Dolan

Ramakrishna Raju

An alternative fuel vehicle having a fuel economy control module with associated logic that allows the vehicle to operate in a fuel economy mode based on a desired fuel economy preference. The fuel economy control logic is in electrical communication with a vehicle system controller (VSC) and may be integrally formed as a sub-module within the VSC. A fuel economy control switch controlled by the fuel economy control logic toggles between an on and an off position to enable or disable a fuel economy mode. A fuel economy control selector allows a user to select a desired fuel economy mode preference once the fuel economy control switch is on. The fuel economy mode selected represents a predefined desired fuel economy preference such as a distance per amount of fuel consumed, or alternatively, a percentage of a balance between a fuel economy operation and a fuel performance operation.

Fuel economy control system and control strategy

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Allen Duan