METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF NUMBERS OF GEAR STEPS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for determination of numbers of gear steps N for a gearbox in a motor vehicle, which vehicle comprises an engine connected to, in order to drive, said gearbox, said numbers of gear steps N being the number of downshifts or the number of upshifts which said gearbox is respectively adapted to effecting at an upshift point or a downshift point, where a downshift point represents a first engine speed at which said gearbox is adapted to effecting a downshift, an upshift point represents a second engine speed at which said gearbox is adapted to effecting an upshift, and said numbers of gear steps N are determined on the basis of a predicted acceleration a for said motor vehicle during a time period T. The invention relates also to a system, a motor vehicle, a computer programme and a computer programme product thereof.