Methods and systems for operating a transmission

摘要

Systems and methods for operating and interfacing to a transmission of a vehicle are presented. In one example, a human machine interface allows a driver to assign gear ratios or simulated gear ratios to gear position slots of a shifter. The assignment of gear ratios to gear position slots of a shifter may allow a driver to experience the feeling of driving a manually shifted transmission without having to operate a clutch.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
assigning a first number of simulated transmission gears to a first number of gear shifter position slots, the first number of simulated transmission gears greater than the first number of gear shifter position slots; and simulating shifting of a multiple-step gear ratio transmission for a driveline having a single fixed-ratio gear box in response to a position of a gear shifter in a gear shifter position slot included in the first number of gear shifter position slots, and where simulating shifting of the multiple-step gear ratio transmission is performed via limiting torque output of a motor in the driveline.