a drive mode and a lower drive mode when the gear selector 64 is in the drive mode as shown the vehicle drive wheels 28 can be driven through the powertrain 10 if the power transfer unit 44 is in the engaged position when the gear selector 64 is positioned in the neutral mode the vehicle drive wheels 28 are free to move as is known positioning the gear selector 64 in the neutral mode when the electrified vehicle 60 is moving permits the electrified vehicle 60 to coast whether the power transfer unit 44 is engaged or disengaged in the past operators of the electrified vehicle 60 may have moved the gear selector 64 from the drive mode to the neutral mode when the electrified vehicle 60 is moving this movement was to cause the electrified vehicle 60 to coast and to thus avoid losses associated with regenerative braking or friction braking as can be appreciated actuating the gear selector 64 from the drive mode to the neutral mode and then back to the drive mode to exit the coasting can be cumbersome the coast switch 68 is separate from the gear selector 64 activating the coast switch 68.