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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Arnulf Sponheimer, Aachen, DE;
Monika Derflinger, Aachen, DE;
Roger Graaf, Vaals, NL;
Marc Simon, Cologne, DE;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle driveline includes connecting an electric motor to each of respective vehicle wheels, determining from driver input a magnitude of demanded wheel torque, determining speed of each wheel, using demanded wheel torque and the respective wheel speed to determine from a power loss map a current power loss for each motor, and transmitting power from the motor having the lowest current power loss to the respective vehicle wheel.
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