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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
George Taylor Dickinson, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2012.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle configured to selectively increase an energy recovery threshold based on a friction prediction, and a corresponding method. In particular, an example electrified vehicle includes an energy recovery mechanism configured to apply a negative wheel torque up to a negative wheel torque threshold. The electrified vehicle also includes a controller configured to selectively increase the negative wheel torque threshold based on a predicted coefficient of friction between a tire of the electrified vehicle and a road surface.