Vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorKoichi Hirao
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AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorKoichi Hirao
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A vehicle includes a power source, a transmission coupled to the power source, and a control unit. The transmission includes a torque converter and a hydraulic switching mechanism. A processor of the control unit is configured to execute in accordance with an instruction stored in a storage medium: obtaining RPM of a turbine shaft of the torque converter based on a unit time when the transmission is switched from neutral to forward driving or to reverse driving; determining whether the RPM is decreased by an amount greater than a predetermined amount of decrease based on the unit time; and reducing, if the RPM is decreased by an amount greater than the predetermined amount of decrease based on the unit time, pressure of oil to be supplied to an oil chamber of the hydraulic switching mechanism when the transmission switches to the same mode as the previously switched mode next time.
A vehicle comprising:
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