SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR TEMPERATURE AND POWER CONTROL

A vehicle includes a battery pack, an electric machine, and a control system including one or more controllers. The control system is configured to discharge power using the electric machine to increase operation loss of the electric machine based on a setting obtained from a drive input and a desired surplus loss limit in response to detecting at least one of a temperature deficiency or an excessive electric power characteristic of the battery pack.