Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Leslie James Lindeman

Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam

Daniel Miller

Daniel Paul Roberts

Jason C Marcath

John Marshall Penney

A delivery system includes a processor programmed to construct a route so as to include predefined segments traveled by carriers configured to taxi the vehicle and charge a battery thereof such that a state of charge of the battery remains above a target for a duration of the route, and forward the route to the vehicle.

Taxi of unmanned aerial vehicles during package delivery

This disclosure describes manual release systems for electrified vehicle charge port locks. In some embodiments, a vehicle key may be used to manually override a position of the charge port lock. In other embodiments, a pull button and cable arrangement may be used to manually override the position of the charge port lock. The pull button may be packaged under a vehicle hood and, in some embodiments, may be mounted to either a cooling system component or a grille support structure.

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Leslie James Lindeman