Electric vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoichiro Isami, Ryohei Yuasa
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Abstract
A controller of an electric vehicle is configured to switch an output mode of a virtual engine speed between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with a predetermined condition. The first mode is an output mode in which the virtual engine speed is changed with reference to a wheel rotation speed of front wheels of the electric vehicle or a first rotation speed associated with the wheel rotation speed of the front wheels. The second mode is an output mode in which the virtual engine speed is changed with reference to a wheel rotation speed of rear wheels of the electric vehicle or a second rotation speed associated with the wheel rotation speed of the rear wheels.
Claims7
An electric vehicle having an electric motor as a drive source, comprising:
- an indicator to display a virtual engine speed of a virtual engine;
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- processing circuitry being configured to switch an output mode of the virtual engine speed between a first mode in which the virtual engine speed is changed with reference to a front wheel rotation speed indicating a wheel rotation speed of front wheels of the electric vehicle or a first rotation speed associated with the front wheel rotation speed and a second mode in which the virtual engine speed is changed with reference to a rear wheel rotation speed indicating a wheel rotation speed of rear wheels of the electric vehicle or a second rotation speed associated with the rear wheel rotation speed, in accordance with a predetermined condition.
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