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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING FUEL ECONOMY USING PREDICTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND DRIVER BEHAVIOR INFORMATION

  • US 20120022764A1
  • Filed: 07/21/2011
  • Published: 01/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for optimizing vehicle performance, the method comprising:

  • determining an optimized drive torque for maximizing vehicle fuel economy;

    detecting a driver requested drive torque;

    determining if the driver requested drive torque is at least one of performance related and safety related; and

    setting an arbitrated drive torque to the optimized drive torque when determining the driver requested drive torque is not performance related and safety related, and setting the arbitrated drive torque to the driver requested drive torque when determining the driver requested drive torque to be at least one of performance related and safety related.

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