US 12,233,719 B2
Vehicle configured to enter a battery save mode when in a known extended parking location
Cesar Espinosa, Gustavo A. Madero (MX); Ruben Mendoza, Cuautitlan Izcalli (MX); Martin Lara, Toluca (MX); and Luis Osorio, Barrio de Jesús Tlatempa (MX)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,476.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373317 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 15/2045 (2013.01) [B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2250/12 (2013.01); B60L 2260/22 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack electrically connected to an electric machine and a plurality of electrical loads, wherein the motor vehicle is operable in a full power mode in which power can flow from the battery pack to the electric machine and each of the plurality of electrical loads, and a battery save mode in which a flow of power is prevented between the battery pack and either or both of the electric machine or at least some of the plurality of electrical loads; and
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to command the motor vehicle to operate in the battery save mode if the motor vehicle has been parked in a known extended parking location for a first time period, and wherein the controller is also configured to command the motor vehicle to operate in the battery save mode if the motor vehicle has been parked in a location other than a known extended parking location for a second time period longer than the first time period.