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Hybrid vehicle

  • US 8,006,787 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2008
  • Issued: 08/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising:

  • at least one electric motor which is usable as a generator during a recuperation phase to charge a vehicle battery;

    an actuating element which is independent of a brake system of the vehicle and which when actuated transfers the electric motor into or out of a recuperation state without activating the brake system; and

    wherein a brake pedal of the brake system provides an additional actuator for transferring the electric motor into the recuperation state, the brake pedal having a haptically perceptible pressure point up to which only the electric motor is transferred into the recuperation state and beyond which the brake system is additionally activated.

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