An electrified vehicle includes a human-machine interface to enable towed vehicle mode and specify a desired traction battery charge upon arrival at a destination. A controller is programmed to vary charging rate of the traction battery while the electrified vehicle is being towed over a user-specified distance to the destination to obtain the user-specified target charge for the traction battery upon reaching the destination. The target charge may be entered as a percentage state of charge (SOC), a distance to empty (DTE), or Watt hours, and converted to net energy input required for the traction battery. The controller distributes the charging load over the entire distance to reduce the affect on the drivability and efficiency of the towing vehicle by varying regenerative braking of the electric machine(s) while being towed to provide a net energy needed to obtain the target charge upon reaching the destination.


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    Title :

    TOWED ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGING RATE CONTROL


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    Publication date :

    2024-01-25


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G01R Messen elektrischer Größen , MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES



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