Vehicle, method for controlling vehicle and controller for vehicle

A control method for a vehicle,

• the vehicle including:
• a drive source;
• a driving wheel driven by a driving force output from the drive source;
• a clutch disposed between the drive source and the driving wheel, the clutch being switchable to an arbitrary fastening position between a connection state that enables transmission of the driving force between the drive source and the driving wheel and a disconnection state that disconnects the transmission;
• a clutch actuator that applies a fastening load to the clutch and provides a torque transmission capacity corresponding to the fastening load to the clutch;
• and
• a controller that controls operation of the drive source and operation of the clutch actuator,
• the method comprising:
• estimating a temperature of the clutch;
• and
• adjusting the driving force transmitted to a downstream side of the clutch on a basis of an estimated temperature of the clutch.

A controller of a vehicle,

• the vehicle including:
• a drive source;
• a driving wheel driven by a driving force output from the drive source;
• a clutch disposed between the drive source and the driving wheel, the clutch being switchable to an arbitrary fastening position between a connection state that enables transmission of the driving force between the drive source and the driving wheel and a disconnection state that disconnects the transmission;
• and
• a clutch actuator that applies a fastening load to the clutch and provides a torque transmission capacity corresponding to the fastening load to the clutch,
• the controller comprising:
• a clutch temperature estimation circuit that estimates a temperature of the clutch;
• and
• a driving force adjustment circuit that performs driving force adjustment control to adjust the driving force transmitted to a downstream side of the clutch on a basis of an estimated temperature of the clutch.