Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShizuo Abe, Shinji Ichikawa
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Abstract
A cruising distance coefficient is set that is smaller than a value of 1 and that becomes smaller as a use index indicating a degree of use of external charging gets smaller, and a cruising distance is calculated by multiplying a fuel quantity by the set cruising distance coefficient and a fuel consumption coefficient. Then, a display cruising distance is calculated by subtracting from the cruising distance a value obtained by subtracting a set-time travel distance Lset, obtained when the cruising distance is calculated, from a travel distance from a travel distance meter, and the calculated display cruising distance is displayed on a display device in front of a driver's seat.
Claims10
A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the engine;
- a motor;
- a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor;
- a charger configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery using an external power source;
- an electronic control unit configured to adjust a cruising distance, the cruising distance being a distance that the hybrid vehicle can travel using the fuel, such that, when a use index indicating a degree of use of the external charging in a predetermined time period is lower than a threshold value, the cruising distance is lower than when the use index is greater than or equal to the threshold value;
- and
- a display device, wherein
- the electronic control unit is configured to control the display device such that the display device displays a distance that is lower than a travelable distance calculated from a fuel quantity in the fuel tank, as the cruising distance.
A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the engine;
- a motor;
- a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor;
- a charger configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery using an external power source;
- an electronic control unit configured to adjust a cruising distance, the cruising distance being a distance that the hybrid vehicle can travel using the fuel, such that, when a use index indicating a degree of use of the external charging in a predetermined time period is lower than a threshold value, the cruising distance is lower than when the use index is greater than or equal to the threshold value,
- wherein the electronic control unit is configured to limit refueling to the fuel tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.