Climate control advisory system and method

摘要

Many plug-in electric vehicles include a high voltage battery for outputting electrical power to a traction motor in order to propel the vehicle. The distance range of these vehicles may be impacted by usage of a climate control system. A user interface may inform vehicle operators when their current climate control usage may prevent their vehicle from reaching its next charge point. The user interface may also advise drivers to reduce their climate control usage in order to increase vehicle range when the battery is nearing low state of charge conditions.

主权项

1. A control system for a vehicle comprising:
a controller configured to calculate a distance surplus based upon a difference between an estimated travel distance and a charge point distance, and output a message signal when the estimated travel distance is below an estimated travel distance threshold, climate control system usage is above a climate control system usage threshold, and the distance surplus is below a distance surplus threshold; and a user interface in communication with the controller and configured to output a climate advisory message in response to the message signal.