A control system, apparatus, and method integrates vehicle speed management and predicted gear shifting of a vehicle by determining current and future engine power requirements from the current and forward-looking route conditions to improve performance, drivability, and/or fuel economy of the vehicle over what is achievable through conventional gear state selection via static calibration tables and conventional shifting strategies. The selection of the vehicle reference speed is responsive to a gear selection to provide increased fuel economy, decreased trip time or combinations thereof.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE GEAR SHIFTING AND INTEGRATED PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
2019-11-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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