Patent ID: 8489265

Claim:
A method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle having a control system with an anti-lock braking system (ABS) controller, a traction motor, and an engine having a driveshaft that is connected to the traction motor, and that, when the engine is running, generates an engine torque in a predetermined direction, the method comprising: generating an activation signal during a predetermined vehicle maneuver via the control system, wherein the predetermined vehicle maneuver is an activation of the ABS system via a threshold hard braking maneuver on a surface having a threshold low coefficient of friction; commanding, via the control system, an injection or a passing of a feed-forward torque from the traction motor to the driveline of the vehicle in the predetermined direction of the engine torque; and discontinuing the injection or passing of the feed-forward torque from the traction motor when a calibrated duration has elapsed; wherein the feed-forward torque prevents a drive shaft of the engine from spinning in reverse relative to the predetermined direction during the predetermined vehicle maneuver.