Inventors:
Shahid Siddiqui - Northville MI, US
Allen Duan - Ann Arbor MI, US
Vijay Garg - Canton MI, US
Joseph Stanek - Northville MI, US
Elaine Chen - Dearborn MI, US
Ramakrishna Raju - West Bloomfield MI, US
Steven Schondorf - Dearborn MI, US
Floyd Cadwell - Dearborn MI, US
George Dolan - Commerce Township MI, US
Jeffrey Boismier - Rockwood MI, US
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI
International Classification:
B60L 9/00
G01F 17/00
B60T 8/32
Abstract:
An alternative fuel vehicle having a fuel economy control module with associated logic that allows the vehicle to operate in a fuel economy mode based on a desired fuel economy preference. The fuel economy control logic is in electrical communication with a vehicle system controller (VSC) and may be integrally formed as a sub-module within the VSC. A fuel economy control switch controlled by the fuel economy control logic toggles between an on and an off position to enable or disable a fuel economy mode. A fuel economy control selector allows a user to select a desired fuel economy mode preference once the fuel economy control switch is on. The fuel economy mode selected represents a predefined desired fuel economy preference such as a distance per amount of fuel consumed, or alternatively, a percentage of a balance between a fuel economy operation and a fuel performance operation.