THERMAL ENERGY CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

In an embodiment a method includes determining, by a controller, whether a state-of-charge of a battery is greater than or equal to 30% based on data from a data detector, determining, by the controller, whether a battery temperature is higher than 10° C. based on data from the data detector and based on determining that the state-of-charge of the battery is greater than or equal to 30%, determining, by the controller, whether an ambient air temperature is higher than −20° C. based on data from the data detector, operating, by the controller, an electric heater based on determining that the ambient air temperature is lower than or equal to −20° C., determining, by the controller, whether the battery temperature is higher than a target temperature and a vehicle interior temperature is higher than a user-set temperature based on data from the data detector and terminating the active thermal management control based on determining that the battery temperature is higher than a target temperature and the vehicle interior temperature is higher than the user-set temperature.