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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bernard D. Nefcy, Novi, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Brian Thomas Soo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stuart N. Ford, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark Davison, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew Joseph Meinhart, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
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.