Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Cameron Dillon

Ashok E Rodrigues

Richard David Bruns

Nithesh Maddi Reddy

Kyle Culek

Nicholas Harris

A vehicle having an electric machine, a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a steering wheel, and a controller. The first and second half shafts are configured to deliver torque from the electric machine to first and second wheels, respectively. The controller is programmed to, in response to (i) locking the first half shaft to the second half shaft, (ii) displacement of at least one of the first and second half shafts or the steering wheel, and (iii) a torque command to the electric machine to a desired value resulting in a torque distribution to the first and second half shafts exceeding a torque capacity of at least one of the first and second half shafts, truncate the torque of the electric machine to less than the desired value.

Powertrain torque control system

A method of controlling torque in an all-wheel-drive vehicle limits the duration of loss of traction. During wheel slip events, a controller reduces the commanded torque from a driver demanded level. The controller calculates a normalized wheels speed for each wheel based on a measured yaw rate, measured wheel speeds, and calculated wheel diameters. The controller determines the end of the wheel slip event by comparing the normalized speeds of each while to one another.

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