Hybrid electric vehicle control device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki HAYASHI
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Abstract
An electronic control unit of a hybrid electric vehicle including an engine and an electric motor, which are power sources for traveling, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch provided in a power transmission path between the electric motor and a pair of drive wheels, is capable of switching between automatic driving and manual driving traveling, and controls the engagement and disengagement of the lockup clutch LU in accordance with a predetermined engagement and disengagement condition during BEV traveling and during manual driving traveling, and brings the lockup clutch LU into engagement during BEV traveling and during automatic driving traveling.
Claims4
A hybrid electric vehicle control device comprising:
- an engine and an electric motor as power sources for travel;
- and a torque converter with a lockup clutch provided in a power transfer path between the electric motor and a pair of drive wheels, wherein:
- the hybrid electric vehicle control device is able to switch between autonomous travel and manual travel;
- engagement-disengagement control of the lockup clutch is performed according to a predetermined engagement-disengagement condition during battery electric vehicle travel in which only the electric motor is used as the power source and during the manual travel;
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- the lockup clutch is engaged during the battery electric vehicle travel and during the autonomous travel.
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