Method in a motor vehicle having at least one drive engine
First Claim
1. A method of operating a motor vehicle having at least one drive engine, the method comprising the acts of:
- beginning from an inhabit state of operation of the vehicle, receiving, via an electronic control device of the vehicle, a command to select a gear, wherein the command is generated manually by a driver via actuation of a gear selection operating element; and
making the motor vehicle in a ready for travel state, via the electronic control device, upon receiving the command to select the gear without relying on an ignition key or an engine start/stop button provided primarily for manually starting and stopping the drive engine,wherein the ready for travel state comprises at least an automatic starting of the drive engine via the electronic control device.
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Abstract
In a motor vehicle having at least one drive engine, the vehicle is made ready for travel, at least as concerns the starting of the drive engine and preferably also the establishment of a frictional connection between the drive engine and driven wheels, by way of a combination operating element which is actuated manually by the driver, without relying on a manually actuated operating element provided for at least the first starting of the drive engine upon the operational start of the vehicle. The vehicle is made ready for travel when at least one manually generated command to select a gear is given by the driver via actuation of the combination operating element.
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1. A method of operating a motor vehicle having at least one drive engine, the method comprising the acts of:
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beginning from an inhabit state of operation of the vehicle, receiving, via an electronic control device of the vehicle, a command to select a gear, wherein the command is generated manually by a driver via actuation of a gear selection operating element; and making the motor vehicle in a ready for travel state, via the electronic control device, upon receiving the command to select the gear without relying on an ignition key or an engine start/stop button provided primarily for manually starting and stopping the drive engine, wherein the ready for travel state comprises at least an automatic starting of the drive engine via the electronic control device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A motor vehicle, comprising:
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a drive engine; a gear selection operating element by which a driver generates manually a command to select a gear of the vehicle; and an electronic control unit operatively coupled to receive the command and to make the motor vehicle in a ready for travel state, the ready for travel state comprising at least an automatic starting of the drive engine via the electronic control unit, wherein the electronic control unit is operatively configured to automatically start the drive engine, beginning from an inhabit state of the vehicle, upon receiving the command to select the gear by way of the gear selecting operating element, wherein the automatic starting of the drive engine does not rely on an ignition key or an engine start/stop button provided primarily for manually starting and stopping the drive engine.
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