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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Qing Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Hai Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Anthony Mark Phillips, Northville, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Xiaoyong Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham Mcgee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Qing Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Hai Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Anthony Mark Phillips, Northville, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Xiaoyong Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham McGee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A powertrain for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) such as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) includes an engine, a fuel tank, a battery, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a distance to empty value as a sum of fuel in the fuel tank and a battery equivalent amount of fuel, the sum multiplied by an average fuel economy of the PHEV based on a driving condition of the vehicle.