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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Marin Assaliyski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Connor McCann, Berkley, MI (US);
Youssef El-Minyawi, East Lansing, MI (US);
Kevin Vander Laan, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
William David Treharne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle having an engine, a battery, and an electric machine configured to propel the vehicle and selectively coupled to the engine to start the engine includes a controller configured to prompt for input to activate a cold weather mode in response to an expected ambient temperature to be below a first temperature threshold for a time period during which a subsequent engine start is anticipated, and to operate the engine and electric machine to maintain a state of charge (SOC) of the battery above a first SOC threshold in response to activation of the cold weather mode, and a second SOC threshold lower than the first SOC threshold otherwise.