A system and method for operating a vehicle having different operating modes affecting emissions include activating, by a vehicle controller, at least one of the different operating modes affecting emissions selected in response to an estimated population density of a designated area associated with a current location or an anticipated future location of the vehicle.

A method of controlling an electric vehicle operating on a route includes receiving at a first time, at a control unit of the electric vehicle, data indicative of a condition of a stretch of the route that the electric vehicle will traverse at a second time later than the first time. The method further includes varying a cooling of a battery system of the electric vehicle, using the control unit, based on the received data.

Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided that receives weather forecast information associated with a current geographic location of the vehicle and alters or implement a change to an autonomous driving operational setting and/or selects and activates one or more climate control settings to condition the vehicle interior for one or more occupants.

Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided that receives weather forecast information associated with a current geographic location of the vehicle and alters or implement a change to an autonomous driving operational setting and/or selects and activates one or more climate control settings to condition the vehicle interior for one or more occupants.

Systems and methods for reporting on vehicle characteristics determined by the control system of a multi-speed automatic transmission of a vehicle are provided. The control system may output a vehicle mass alert based on a relationship between a vehicle mass threshold and a determined vehicle mass satisfying a condition. The control system may output a vehicle road grade alert based on a relationship between a vehicle road grade threshold and a determined vehicle road grade satisfying a condition.

A method for preconditioning various subsystems of an electrified vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, scheduling preconditioning of a battery pack, an interior cabin, a transmission and an engine of the electrified vehicle prior to a next expected usage time based at least on a weather forecast.

With the control device, when the traveling state of the vehicle 1A is a specified traveling state in which greater change than a reference value of the torque upon the output portion 11 due to input to the drive wheels Dw from the road surface over which the vehicle is traveling has occurred a plural number of times within a predetermined time interval, then when the selectable one-way clutch 12 is in the locked mode it is changed over to the free mode, and when the selectable one-way clutch 12 is in the free mode it is kept in the free mode.

A method for preconditioning various subsystems of an electrified vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, scheduling preconditioning of a battery pack, an interior cabin, a transmission and an engine of the electrified vehicle prior to a next expected usage time based at least on a weather forecast.

Disclosed is a vehicle including a plurality of wheels mounted on at least one axle. Additionally, the vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors corresponding to the plurality of wheels. Further, each electric motor of the plurality of electric motors is operationally coupled to the at least one axle corresponding to a respective wheel of the plurality of wheels. Moreover, the vehicle includes at least one sensor configured to sense a state of at least one part of the vehicle. Further, the vehicle includes a controller configured to control operation of each of the plurality of electric motors based on the state of at least one part of the vehicle. Additionally, the controller is further configured to control operation of at least one electric motor independent of controlling operation of at least one other electric motor of the plurality of electric motors.

A system and method for operating a vehicle having different operating modes affecting emissions include activating, by a vehicle controller, at least one of the different operating modes affecting emissions selected in response to an estimated population density of a designated area associated with a current location or an anticipated future location of the vehicle.