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US 2022/0089141 A1Published application
Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuki OGAWA
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor, a power storage device, an engine, and a controller. The controller executes switching control for switching control modes. The controller adds, to a first traveling distance, a traveling distance that is obtained when a state in which the engine is not operating and a power storage amount of the power storage device is higher than a threshold continues, and adds, to a second traveling distance, a traveling distance that is obtained when a state in which the engine is not operating and a charge depleting mode is selected continues.
Claims10
A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- an electric motor configured to generate a driving force in the hybrid vehicle;
- a power storage device configured to supply electric power to the electric motor;
- an engine configured to generate electric power for charging the power storage device;
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- a controller configured to control the engine and the electric motor in any one of a plurality of control modes, the control modes including a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode, the controller being configured to
- execute switching control for switching the control modes in accordance with a traveling schedule in which the charge depleting mode or the charge sustaining mode is assigned to each of a plurality of sections that constitutes a traveling route to a destination of the hybrid vehicle,
- calculate a first traveling distance and a second traveling distance, the first traveling distance being a traveling distance of motor-based traveling using the electric power in the power storage device in a case where the switching control is not executed, the second traveling distance being a traveling distance of the motor-based traveling using the electric power in the power storage device in a case where the switching control is executed,
- add, to the first traveling distance, a traveling distance that is obtained when a state in which the engine is not operating and a power storage amount of the power storage device is higher than a threshold continues, and
- add, to the second traveling distance, a traveling distance that is obtained when a state in which the engine is not operating and the charge depleting mode is selected continues.
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