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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erik Biberstein, Novi, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Justin Carmen Campanaro, Ferndale, MI (US);
Katherine Howard-Cone, Canton, MI (US);
Jacob Doan, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for modeling electric vehicle towing are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining that a trailer is connected to a vehicle, generating a surface mapping of the trailer based on output of a sensor assembly of the vehicle, predicting a drag coefficient of the trailer based on the surface mapping, estimating a drag force based on the drag coefficient and the surface mapping, calculating an estimated range for the vehicle based on the drag force, and displaying the estimated range on a human machine interface of the vehicle.