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Essam Mohamed

Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy

Mark Douglas Malone

Jonathan Wentworth

Rashad Jamal Allen

Birgit Lisa Sorgenfrei

A vehicle includes an engine and a controller. The controller starts the engine in response to a brake status before and during a change in vehicle operating mode achieving predetermined states, and expiration of a timer initiated upon completion of the change and having a duration based upon a learned mean mode-specific shift time window. The change is initiated in response to a request to change vehicle operating mode while the engine is off.

Engine stop and start debounce timer for vehicles

A vehicle includes an engine and a controller configured to autostop and autostart the engine. Engine autostops are conditioned on a vehicle speed condition. In addition, engine autostops are conditioned on a battery current threshold that changes as the speed of the vehicle changes.

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