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

Claim 8:
9. 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, (ii) the net change being negative, and (iii) a source of energy at the current charge location being identified as fossil fuel and a source of energy at the next charge location being identified as green, 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 exceeding the predefined threshold and the net change being positive, inhibit charge of the traction battery regardless of the sources of energy being identified as fossil fuel or green.