Patent ID: 11884132
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
an electric machine configured to propel the vehicle;
a battery configured to provide power to the electric machine;
at least one electrical accessory component configured to electrically interact with at least one of the electric machine and the battery;
a heater configured to heat a vehicle cabin;
a plurality of cooling loops configured to transport waste heat away from the electric machine, battery, and at least one electrical accessory, wherein the cooling loops are selectively configured to transport the waste heat to ambient surroundings or to the vehicle cabin; and
a controller programmed to,
in response to a command to heat the vehicle cabin and a command to operate in an economy mode, shut down the heater and operate the plurality of cooling loops to transport the waste heat to the vehicle cabin, and
in response to the command to heat the vehicle cabin and an absence of the command to operate in the economy mode, operate the heater to heat the vehicle cabin.