Economic Cruise Control

Economic cruise control where a response of a cruise control system used to control a powertrain is determined based at least in part on whether a driver of a vehicle system has selected to manage cruise control according to performance or efficient cruise control strategies. The performance strateg...

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Main Author ROSS GUNNAR ROBERT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.06.2014
Subjects
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:Economic cruise control where a response of a cruise control system used to control a powertrain is determined based at least in part on whether a driver of a vehicle system has selected to manage cruise control according to performance or efficient cruise control strategies. The performance strategy corresponding with fulfilling a request to accelerate or otherwise increase energy demands less efficiently, and in some cases more quickly, than if the request were to be fulfilled with the efficient cruise control strategy.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414181771