Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Matthew Joseph Meinhart

Ming Lang Kuang

Bernard D Nefcy

Roger Arnold Trombley

Alex Maurice Miller

Stuart N Ford

Gang Song

Mark Davison

Brian Thomas Soo

Ahsan Qamar

Fangjun Jiang

A vehicle comprises a hybrid powertrain includes an electric machine coupled between an automatic gearbox and an engine. The vehicle includes paddle shifters configured to output a driver requested gear change. The hybrid powertrain is configured to selectively operate in an economy mode that optimizes fuel economy. While operating in the economy mode, a controller may selectively inhibit the driver requested gear change when the change may negatively impact fuel economy. In the economy mode, the driver requested gear change may be inhibited during a demand for braking. If the driver requested gear change is a downshift request, the downshift is inhibited and simulated using electric machine torque.

Paddle shifter control of hybrid powertrain

A path of a target object is predicted. A path of a non-moving host vehicle is predicted based on at least one of a predetermined host vehicle acceleration and a predetermined host vehicle speed. A threat number for the target is determined based at least in part on the predicted path of the host vehicle, the threat number indicating a probability of a collision between the target and the host vehicle. A brake is actuated when the threat number is above a threat number threshold.

Vehicle collision avoidance

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Matthew Joseph Meinhart