Patent ID: 8862356

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle drive train including a traction motor, at least one drive wheel and means for mechanically coupling the traction motor to the at least one drive wheel; the traction motor having a traction mode in which the traction motor operates as a vehicle prime mover through the at least one drive wheel and a regenerative braking mode in which the traction motor absorbs vehicle kinetic energy through the at least one drive wheel for storage; a vehicle speed sensor; service brakes connected to the at least one drive wheel; means for requesting calculated braking torque; means responsive to the means for requesting calculated braking torque and capable of allocating the calculated braking torque between the service brakes and the traction motor operating in regenerative braking mode, the means responsive to the means for requesting calculated braking torque and capable of allocating braking torque being further responsive to vehicle speed falling below a minimum speed threshold by allocating all braking torque to the service brakes and still further responsive to vehicle speed exceeding the minimum speed threshold by blending braking torque between the traction motor and the service brakes as a function of braking torque requested; and manual means for altering allocation of the calculated braking torque between the service brakes and the traction motor operating in regenerative braking mode to a greater proportion of application of service brakes over application of the traction motor operating in regenerative braking mode for a period of time measured by operation of the vehicle.