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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Herbert David Mendez Pineda, Mexico City, MX;
David Ostrowski, Northville, MI (US);
Mohan John, Dearborn, MI (US);
Victoria Leigh Schein, Dearborn, MI (US);
William G. Herbert, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Madeleine Itzel Santiago Estrada, Cuautitlán Izcalli, MX;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller. The electric machine is configured to draw energy from a battery to propel the vehicle and to recharge the battery during regenerative braking. The controller is programmed to, in response to identifying a regenerative braking opportunity along an upcoming road segment based on a classification of driver behavior and a classification of the upcoming road segment, operate the electric machine to recharge the battery along the upcoming road segment.