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Automatic drive mode selection

  • US 10,112,597 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2016
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a vehicle comprising:

  • at an engine, propelling the vehicle;

    responsive to a vehicle speed exceeding a predetermined threshold, switching, by a controller, the vehicle from a charge deplete mode to a charge sustain mode; and

    while the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined threshold, responsive to a range of a battery exceeding an expected drive distance, switching, by the controller, the vehicle from the charge sustain mode to the charge deplete mode.

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