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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
David Guglielmo, Northville, MI (US);
Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Shehan Haputhanthri, Canton, MI (US);
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a vehicle having an electrically powered trailer towed thereto. The vehicle has a vehicle powertrain, and the trailer has a trailer powertrain. A controller, in order to propel the vehicle with the trailer towed thereto, operates the vehicle powertrain and the trailer powertrain according to a combined efficiency map based on (i) an efficiency map associated with the vehicle powertrain and (ii) an efficiency map associated with the trailer powertrain.