Patent ID: 11926243
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. A method for charging a vehicle comprising:
by a controller,
responsive to (i) a confidence level, that a predicted net change in energy stored by a traction battery of the vehicle will occur as a result of use of the vehicle between a current charge location of the vehicle and a next charge location of the vehicle, exceeding a predefined threshold, (ii) the net change being negative, and (iii) an energy cost at the current charge location being greater than an energy cost at the next charge location, charging the traction battery such that the traction battery acquires energy in an amount at least equal to the predicted net change in energy, wherein the amount is based on the confidence level such that the amount increases as the confidence level decreases, and
responsive to the confidence level exceeding the predefined threshold and the net change being positive, inhibiting charge of the traction battery regardless of the energy cost at the current charge location and the energy cost at the next charge location.