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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Dean King, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Roland Sidney Sedziol, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lembit Salasoo, Schenectady, NY (US);
Timothy Gerard Richter, Wynantskill, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle having an electric drive is provided. The method includes defining a first zone and a second zone. The first zone has an associated first characteristic and the second zone has an associated second characteristic that differs from the first characteristic. The method further includes switching an operating mode of a vehicle from a first operating mode in the first zone to a second operating mode in the second zone in response to the vehicle translating from the first zone to the second zone. Associated vehicles and systems are provided also.