Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Kiana D Bassey

Christopher E Whitney

Eric Edward Krueger

Patrick J O'Leary

Xin Jing

Danny Y Mui

Matthew J Klemmer

A vehicle battery charge management system includes multiple vehicle components each configured to implement a different operational feature of a vehicle, a battery system, and a vehicle control module. The vehicle control module is configured to obtain a state of charge of the battery system, receive a time period specified by user input, the time period indicative of a window of time where the vehicle will be in a parked state, disable at least one of the multiple vehicle components during the time period, and determine an estimated remaining mileage value according to the state of charge of the battery system, a remaining time in the time period, and a predicted energy consumption of each of the multiple vehicle components that are not disabled during the time period, the estimated remaining mileage value indicative of a driving mileage capacity of the vehicle at an expiration of the time period.

Vehicle feature control and battery charge management during parked vehicle time periods

A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a cruise control module, an engine control module, and a brake control module. The cruise control module determines a cruise torque request based on at least one of a following distance of a vehicle and a rate at which the vehicle is approaching an object. The engine control module determines a negative torque capacity of a powertrain. The powertrain includes an engine and an electric motor. The brake control module applies a friction brake when the cruise torque request is less than the negative torque capacity of the powertrain.

Adaptive cruise control system and method incorporating regenerative braking and start-stop functions

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Pflugerville, TX, United States of America

Kiana D Bassey