Method and control device for automatically setting an operating mode of a hybrid vehicle, and hybrid vehicle

US12319267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Sebastian Baudisch · Munich, DE
• Johannes DIRNECKER · Munich, DE
• Marcel EWERS · Dachau, DE
• Harald HOFMEIER · Eching, DE
• Christian Schmid · Linz, AT
• Achim Sonntag · Ramstein-Miesenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/84
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for automatically setting an operating mode of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether a distance to the destination is greater than a purely electrically travelable range of the hybrid vehicle, wherein the hybrid vehicle is automatically put into a hybrid mode if the distance to the destination is greater than the purely electrically travelable range of the hybrid vehicle, and the hybrid vehicle is automatically put into a purely electrical drive mode if the distance to the destination is not greater than the purely electrically travelable range of the hybrid vehicle. A corresponding control device and hybrid vehicle are also disclosed.