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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kyle Yeakle, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Alec Bolthouse, Dearborn, MI (US);
Judhajit Roy, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jonathan Barker, Detroit, MI (US);
Jared King, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, a traction battery electrically connected to the electric machine, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to the vehicle approaching a decline, overrepresent a state of charge (SOC) of the traction battery to cause a torque command to the engine to decrease and a torque command to the electric machine to increase such that discharge of the traction battery increases in advance of the decline.