ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE WITH POWER CONSERVING WORK COMPONENT SUBSYSTEM PRECONDITIONING

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ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE WITH POWER CONSERVING WORK COMPONENT SUBSYSTEM PRECONDITIONING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18488678 titled 'ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE WITH POWER CONSERVING WORK COMPONENT SUBSYSTEM PRECONDITIONING

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An electric work vehicle includes an electric power source; an electric motor; a work component powered by the electric power source during the power-consuming state; a work component subsystem operating the work component and powered by the electric power source; a thermal management system including a thermal device for affecting the temperature range of the work component subsystem; and a controller. The controller receives a predictive condition value indicative of an environmental condition of the work location at the work time, the predictive condition value being received preceding the work time; based on the predictive condition value, sets an operational state of the thermal device; and operates the thermal device at the operational state set according to the predictive condition value to precondition the work component subsystem prior to work time to reduce power demands on the electric power source during the power-consuming state.