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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Canton, MI (US);
Jaswant S. Dhillon, Canton, MI (US);
Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy Noah Blatchley, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, conditioning a battery of an electrified vehicle while off charge in response to an operator request for improved performance as a tradeoff for decreased range. An electrified vehicle system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery, an electric machine configured to receive electric power from the battery to drive vehicle wheels, and a system control that generates a control signal to condition the battery while off charge in response to an operator request for improved performance as a tradeoff for decreased range.