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

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a traction battery; and
a controller programmed to,
responsive to (i) a confidence level, that a predicted net change in energy stored by the traction battery 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 and (ii) the net change being negative, charge 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 being less than a second predefined threshold, charge the traction battery such that the traction battery achieves a default energy level.