Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

George Hart Vrampas

Daniel Sullivan

Tyler James-Ray Kaldobsky

Brendan Jenkins

William David Treharne

Jordan Mazaira

Josephine S Lee

Mark Edward Shields

Michael David Beeney

Youssef El-Minyawi

Jagmohan Singh

Brandon Evans Armstrong

Controlling charging of connected devices is provided. Presence of a target connected device is detected using a wireless transceiver of a vehicle. Settings indicative of how to charge the target connected device via a power connector of the vehicle are received a user interface presented to an HMI of the vehicle. Data packets from the target connected device indicative of a current state of charge of the target connected device are received using the wireless transceiver. The target connected device is charged from the power connector in accordance with the settings and the current state of charge.

Connected device vehicle charging

A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating that an electric vehicle is in an enclosed space; in response to receiving the data, instruct window actuators of the electric vehicle to open windows of the electric vehicle; and in response to receiving the data, instruct a heater of the electric vehicle to generate heat.

Vehicle external heating

A hybrid vehicle includes an isolation switch disposed between a first bus that is electrically coupled to a starter for an engine and a second bus that is electrically coupled to a power converter and accessory loads. The hybrid vehicle includes a controller programmed to normally command the switch closed, and, in response to expiration of a predetermined time interval without starting the engine, command the switch to open for a predetermined duration to perform diagnostics on the isolation switch.

Vehicle power relay startup control and diagnostic

A vehicle includes a processor programmed to process a user's profile by collecting usage pattern of a user; and responsive to a trigger condition, downloading media data from a server to a local storage for the user according to the user profile before the user uses the media data, and load the media data from the local storage to present to the user responsive to user using the vehicle.

Vehicle data pre-conditioning

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate vehicle locking. An example vehicle comprises an engine, wheels, a door, a door lock, a torque lock, and a processor and memory. The torque lock is to disable torque transfer from the engine to the wheels. The door lock is to secure the door. The processor and memory are in communication with the torque lock and the door lock and configured to: engage the torque and door locks based on receipt of at least one lockout code and, if received authentication information matches the at least one lockout code, disengage the torque and door locks.

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