Patent ID: 7898405
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B60K,G01D,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information display for a vehicle including an engine and an electric machine, each operable to provide torque to propel the vehicle, the vehicle further including an electric power source configured to provide electric power to the electric machine, the information display comprising: an indicator arrangement including a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a driver of the vehicle, the visual display including a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, the target range including a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start; and a control system including at least one controller, the control system being configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand such that the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.