Electric vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoichiro Isami, Kenji Mizutani, Hirotaka Ikegami, Akihito Yasue
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Abstract
The electric vehicle of the present disclosure is configured to use an electric motor as a power unit for traveling. The electric vehicle includes an accelerator pedal, a sequential shifter, and a controller. The controller is configured to change a motor torque output by the electric motor in response to operation of the accelerator pedal and operation of the sequential shifter. The controller is configured to change a change rate of the motor torque at least twice during a preset shift time in response to the operation of the sequential shifter.
Claims14
An electric vehicle configured to use an electric motor as a power unit for traveling, comprising:
- an accelerator pedal;
- a sequential shifter;
- a controller configured to change a motor torque output by the electric motor in response to operation of the accelerator pedal and operation of the sequential shifter,
- wherein the controller is configured to change a change rate of the motor torque at least twice during a preset shift time in response to the operation of the sequential shifter,
- wherein the controller is configured to decrease the motor torque to a minimum value and then increase the motor torque again during the preset shift time,
- wherein the controller is configured to set the minimum value to zero and maintain the motor torque at zero for a preset time within the preset shift time, and
- wherein the controller is configured to cause the motor torque to overshoot a target value when the preset shift time elapses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.