PREDICTIVE E-BURN TO MANAGE ENERGY STORAGE FOR IMPROVED REGENERATIVE BRAKING

Predictive energy storage management techniques for an electrified vehicle obtaining a set of global positioning satellite (GPS) and map data and, based on the set of GPS and map data, detect an upcoming regeneration region that the electrified vehicle will encounter, predict a regenerative energy that a regenerative braking system of the electrified vehicle can generate across the regeneration region, determine a target stored energy for the energy storage system of the electrified vehicle based on the predicted regenerative energy, control one or more electric motors of an electrified powertrain of the electrified vehicle to intentionally deplete the energy storage system to the target stored energy by the start of the regeneration region, and control the regenerative braking system to recharge the energy storage system to a desired level during and by the end of the regeneration region.