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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Karl-heinz Meitinger, München, DE;
Stefan Ullmann, München, DE;
Florian Bauer, Kinding, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a motor vehicle having at least one electric drive component which is cooled via at least one coolant circuit which is coupled thermally to a refrigerant circuit. In a first operating mode of the motor vehicle, an inlet temperature of a coolant of the at least one coolant circuit is set to a first value by active cooling by means of the refrigerant circuit. In a second operating mode, in particular a sports operating mode of the motor vehicle, the inlet temperature is lowered with respect to the first operating mode. As a result, more pronounced cooling of the components is made possible in the second operating mode, as a result of which the maximum driving power of the motor vehicle is increased.