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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamin R. Langhorst, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes a powertrain configured to propel the vehicle, and a controller configured to, during a first lap of the vehicle around a track, identify a portion of the track corresponding to a correlation of velocity, throttle position, and steering angle values indicative of a maximum power threshold, and, during a second lap, responsive to approaching the portion, limit power output by the powertrain causing temperature of the powertrain to fall and, upon entering the portion, increase power output to the maximum power threshold causing the temperature to rise, such that a difference in temperature between initiation of the limiting and exiting of the portion approaches zero.