Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeiju TOMODA
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle HV is provided with an electric motor MT for generating vehicle drive force, an electrical generator GN for generating electric power to be supplied to the electric motor, a plurality of internal combustion engines EG1, EG2 for driving the generator, the plurality of internal combustion engines differing in output characteristics, and a controller CT configured to select one or more internal combustion engines from the plurality of internal combustion engines so that, when operating the selected one or more internal combustion engines in the respective high efficiency regions thereof, an engine output satisfies a required engine output and an engine operating efficiency is maximum, and to operate the selected one or more internal combustion engines in the respective high efficiency regions thereof.
Claims10
A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- an electric motor for generating vehicle drive force;
- an electrical generator for generating electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;
- a plurality of internal combustion engines for driving the generator, the plurality of internal combustion engines differing in output characteristics;
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- a controller configured to select one or more internal combustion engines from the plurality of internal combustion engines so that, when operating the selected one or more internal combustion engines in respective high efficiency regions thereof, an engine output satisfies a required engine output and an engine operating efficiency is maximum, and to operate the selected one or more internal combustion engines in the respective high efficiency regions thereof.
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