Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Phil Barber

Jeremy John Greenwood

A motor vehicle control system (C,) for controlling an electric propulsion motor () to drive a wheel () of the vehicle (), the control system (C,) being configured to operate in one of a first mode and a second mode in dependence at least in part on an amount of slip experienced by at least one driven wheel (), in the first mode the control system (C,) being configured to cause the at least one electric propulsion motor () to generate a predetermined amount of drive torque, in the second mode the control system (C,) being configured to cause the at least one electric propulsion motor () to rotate at a predetermined speed, wherein the control system (C,) is configured to operate in the first mode if the amount of slip experienced by the at least one driven wheel () is below a predetermined slip amount and to operate in the second mode if the amount of slip experienced by the at least one driven wheel () exceeds the predetermined slip amount.

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Phil Barber