СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА АВТОМАТИЧЕСКОГО ПЕРЕКЛЮЧЕНИЯ РЕЖИМА СВОБОДНОГО ХОДА ТРАНСПОРТНОГО СРЕДСТВА

摘要

Freewheeling is automatically activated in response to signals indicating actual vehicle speed and the accelerator pedal position within a pre- determined pivot angle region starting from the pedal resting position and not covering the entire pivot angle range for the pedal. The freewheel function is deactivated when a pre-determined maximum vehicle speed is exceeded and the vehicle braking system is automatically activated in order to reduce speed. The freewheel function is reactivated when the vehicle speed is reduced to a value less than or equal to the maximum speed. An independent claim is also included for an automatic freewheel system used to carry out this method, comprising a control unit for obtaining information relating to vehicle speed, road pitch and accelerator pedal position during driving and carrying out continuous data simulations for future vehicle driving situations in order to activate and deactivate freewheeling in order to provide optimum road handling according to pre-determined criteria.