Method and system for controlling vehicle engine pull-down

A vehicle includes an engine, a wireless transceiver that receives attribute data, and a controller. The controller selectively shuts down the engine responsive to such requests based on whether a predicted fuel savings associated with a predicted engine off duration is greater than a predicted fuel...

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Hauptverfasser: Ortmann, Walter Joseph, Megli, Thomas William, Naidu, Ashish Kumar, Orpe, Mrudula Uday
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A vehicle includes an engine, a wireless transceiver that receives attribute data, and a controller. The controller selectively shuts down the engine responsive to such requests based on whether a predicted fuel savings associated with a predicted engine off duration is greater than a predicted fuel usage to restart the engine.