Inventors:
Kirk Pebley - Novi MI, US
Sangeetha Sangameswaran - Canton MI, US
William James Bouse - Ann Arbor MI, US
John Michael Jakupco - New Boston MI, US
Kevin Roy Harpenau - Peachtree City GA, US
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI
International Classification:
B62D 6/00
Abstract:
An automotive vehicle may include an engine, an electric power steering system and at least one controller. The at least one controller may, during an auto stop event of the engine, reduce at a first rate an available electric power steering system current to a non-zero threshold value before fuel to the engine is shut off and reduce at a second rate different than the first rate the available electric power steering system current from the non-zero threshold value to 0 after fuel to the engine is shut off.