Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Leann Kridner

Stuart C Salter

Brendan F Diamond

Ryan J Skaff

Derek Hartl

David Celinske

Jeffrey Allen Greenberg

Paul Aldighieri

David Jeffeory Berels

Dale Gilman

David Leslie Watson

Angela L Watson

Todd Ansbacher

Craig Sandvig

Sheran Anthony Alles

Leslie Bodnar

Jessica Smith

Stephen Jay Osterhoff

Bhushan Joshi

Zaid Amro

Otto Shafer

Secured access to a vehicle is provided. A power input is configured to receive power from a source external to the vehicle. A voltage monitor is configured to measure voltage and/or state of health of a vehicle battery. An access component is configured to provide secured access to the vehicle. A processor is configured to, responsive to the voltage monitor indicating the vehicle battery is unable to power the access component, power the access component via the power input to allow the secured access to the vehicle despite the vehicle battery being depleted.

Low-power vehicle secure access

A depletion amount of energy required to charge a user device connected to a device port of a vehicle is estimated based on a state of charge (SoC) of a device battery of the connected user device. Responsive to an expected SoC of a LV battery of the vehicle after providing the depletion amount of energy exceeding a calibrated threshold amount of energy of the LV battery, the connected user device is charged during key off. Otherwise, an engine start/stop schedule defining a time to start an engine of the vehicle and a duration of run time for the engine is utilized to generate additional energy to charge the connected user device to ensure the LV battery remains above the calibrated threshold amount of energy.

User device vehicle charger strategy

A computer-implemented method of displaying vehicle range includes receiving input corresponding to a level of charge remaining in a vehicle having at least a partial electric power source usable for vehicle locomotion. The method also includes determining a maximum remaining range which the vehicle can travel based at least on the level of charge. The method further includes displaying a maximum range boundary overlaid on a map, including at least an indicator at the center of the range indicating a current location of the vehicle.

Methods and apparatus for reporting state of charge in electric vehicles

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