Patent ID: 11945329
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 14:
15. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a plurality of road wheels attached to the vehicle body;
a traction motor attached to the vehicle body and operable to drive one or more of the road wheels to thereby propel the motor vehicle;
a rechargeable battery pack attached to the vehicle body and electrically connected to the traction motor to supply electrical power thereto; and
a vehicle controller programmed to:
receive vehicle location data from a location detection device indicating a real-time vehicle location of the motor vehicle;
determine if the real-time vehicle location is within a virtual geofence delineating a predefined geographic area;
in response to the real-time vehicle location being within the virtual geofence, receive user location data from a location sensing device indicating a real-time user location of an authenticated user of the motor vehicle;
determine if the real-time user location is within a predefined proximity to the real-time vehicle location;
in response to the real-time user location being within the predefined proximity to the real-time vehicle location, determine whether the rechargeable battery pack is charging correctly or incorrectly;
in response to the vehicle battery charging incorrectly, transmit a notification to the authenticated user including a warning the vehicle battery is not charging correctly and a prompt to take a corrective action;
determine, using a predictive model, a battery impact decision including predicting if the authenticated user will depart in the vehicle within a predetermined window of time and identifying driving conditions determined to measurably impact battery performance of the vehicle battery; and
in response to the vehicle battery charging correctly, transmit a command signal to a resident vehicle subsystem to execute a control operation related to the charging of the rechargeable battery pack.