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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Ryan J. Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Robert Jay Louch, Highland, MI (US);
Anthony Howard, White Lake, MI (US);
Stephen Burke, Triadelphia, WV (US);
David Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Angela L. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Derek Hartl, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Paul Stephen Bryan, Belleville, MI (US);
Ryan J. Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Robert Jay Louch, Highland, MI (US);
Anthony Howard, White Lake, MI (US);
Stephen Burke, Triadelphia, WV (US);
David Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Angela L. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Derek Hartl, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Paul Stephen Bryan, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.