Patent ID: 11967683
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An electrified vehicle, comprising:
a traction battery configured to be charged from an external power source;
a vehicle charger configured to control charging of the traction battery from the external power source;
a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit vehicle trip data to an external computing device;
a human-machine interface (HMI); and
a controller in communication with the vehicle charger, the transceiver, and the HMI, the controller configured to communicate a target state-of-charge (SOC) less than 100% SOC to the vehicle charger during charging of the traction battery, the target SOC based on at least an expected vehicle travel distance before a next battery charge from the external power source.