Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Yiannis Eftychiou

Clement Dextreit

Neil Dixon

Andi Lowndes

Andy Mould

Andi Mould

In one aspect of the invention there is provided a motor vehicle comprising an engine, the vehicle being operable automatically to stop the engine responsive to a determination that the engine is not required to provide torque to drive the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises control means operable to monitor a value of one or more parameters associated with the vehicle during a drive cycle, the control means being arranged automatically to determine whether a current driving style of a driver corresponds to an economy-oriented driving style or a performance-oriented driving style responsive to the value of the one or more parameters over time during the drive cycle, the control means being operable to over-ride stopping of the engine when it is determined that the driving style of the driver corresponds to a performance-oriented style.

Motor vehicle and method of control of a motor vehicle

A hybrid electric vehicle () comprising: a fuel powered engine () and electric motor means () operable to provide torque to drive the vehicle (); energy storage means () operable to store electrical energy generated by generator means () for driving the electric motor means (); and energy management means () for controlling the engine () and electric motor means () to provide torque to drive the vehicle and for controlling the generator means to generate electrical energy for storage in the energy storage means, wherein the vehicle comprises control means operable to monitor a value of one or more parameters associated with the vehicle, the control means being arranged automatically to identify a current driving style of a driver ranging from an economy-oriented driving style to a performance-oriented driving style responsive to the value of the one or more parameters, the energy management means being operable to control the engine, electric motor means and generator means responsive to the driving style of the user.

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Yiannis Eftychiou