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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Allen Kowalski, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a traction battery, an interface, and at least one processor configured to present, via the interface, a message including a charge-vehicle recommendation for at least one charge station within the drive range, in response to (i) a selected destination for the vehicle lacking a charge facility for the battery and being within a drive range of the vehicle and (ii) a charge station being within the drive range.