Paccar Inc.

Tak Lee

Derek Scott Sancer

Scott M Conway

Dimitri T Medina

Chris I Ito

Bryan W Delashaw

Aaron M Elliott

Paul Stephen Crowe

John William Espinosa

Shawn Brewer

Myra Ma

Information display systems capable of iconically representing the components of a hybrid powertrain and method thereof. In operation, the information display systems indicate the specific powertrain components in the hybrid system that are active in various hybrid operational modes (e.g., electric launch, blended torque, etc.). In particular, active components are highlighted (i.e., increased intensity) by the display and non-active components are faded (i.e., decreased intensity). In one embodiment, the vehicle wheels are depicted with a static intensity in-between that of the active components and the non-active components. This allows the vehicle operator to clearly see which components are active during each hybrid system mode, and to gain a simplified picture of hybrid system behavior during normal operation at a glance.

Information display systems and methods for hybrid vehicles

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Northridge, CA, United States of America

Tak Lee