Fuel cell vehicle and method using fuel cell vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji UMAYAHARA, Shigeki TAKAIWA, Masahiro YAMAKAWA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Takao OZAWA, Shigeyuki SUZUKI
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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji UMAYAHARA, Shigeki TAKAIWA, Masahiro YAMAKAWA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Takao OZAWA, Shigeyuki SUZUKI
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A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, a driving motor, a power feeder and a controller. The controller is configured to: obtain current location information with regard to a current location of the fuel cell vehicle, supply position information with regard to a supply position where the fuel cell vehicle receives a supply of hydrogen, a fuel consumption of the fuel cell vehicle in a drive mode, a remaining amount of hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank, and a consumed amount of hydrogen per unit time in a power feed mode; use the current location information and the supply position information to calculate a required amount of hydrogen that is required for the fuel cell vehicle to drive from the current location to the supply position in the drive mode; use the required amount of hydrogen, the remaining amount of hydrogen, and the consumed amount of hydrogen per unit time in the power feed mode to calculate a power feedable period that denotes a time period when the fuel cell vehicle is operable in the power feed mode without causing the remaining amount of hydrogen to become less than the required amount of hydrogen, and display information with regard to the power feedable period. This configuration reduces the likelihood that the fuel cell vehicle fails to be driven to a hydrogen station, due to insufficiency of hydrogen.
A fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
A method using a fuel cell vehicle,
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