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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2021
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Stefan Struhs, Braunschweig, DE;
Markus Neumann, Vordorf, DE;
Wjatscheslaw Krieger, Berlin, DE;
Ann-Kathrin Eisner, Isenbüttel, DE;
Christian Wurm, Berlin, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling the range of a motor vehicle. The method comprises the identification of a navigation destination. The method also comprises the identification of a target residual range to be achieved at the navigation destination. A navigation route to the navigation destination via at least one charging stopover is determined, wherein furthermore minimum states of charge of a battery to be achieved at the at least one charging stopover are determined in such a way that the motor vehicle has a residual range upon arrival at the navigation destination which corresponds at least to the identified target residual range.