# US 2025/0145145 A1 · Hybrid electric vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0145145 A1 - Document ID: US20250145145A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/765,786 - Filed: 2024-07-08 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-06 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yuki YAMADA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250145145A1 ## CPC - B60W 20/20: Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration - B60W 20/40: Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers {(power-up or power-down of the driveline B60W30/192)} - B60W 10/06: including control of combustion engines - B60W 10/08: including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators - B60W 20/12: using control strategies taking into account route information {(estimation or calculation of non-directly measurable driving parameters B60W40/00)} - B60W 20/16: for reducing engine exhaust emissions - B60K 6/42: characterised by the architecture of the hybrid electric vehicle - B60W 2510/244: Charge state - B60W 2520/10: Longitudinal speed - B60W 2540/215: Selection or confirmation of options - B60W 2555/60: Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way - B60W 2556/10: Historical data - B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data - B60Y 2200/92: Hybrid vehicles - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A control apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle sets ON a motor traveling history when a place within a predetermined distance range from a motor traveling spot is reached and traveling is started by a motor traveling mode, and performs control such that traveling is performed by the motor traveling mode when a motor traveling history is ON when a system is activated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: an engine capable of outputting motive power for traveling; a motor capable of outputting motive power for traveling; an electricity accumulation apparatus capable of exchanging electricity with the motor; a map information storage apparatus that stores map information; and a control apparatus that performs, when the control apparatus controls the engine and the motor by switching between a motor traveling mode that performs motor traveling that travels by the motive power from the motor in a state in which operation of the engine is stopped and a normal traveling mode that performs normal traveling that travels by the motive power from the engine and the motive power from the motor as needed, control such that traveling is performed by the motor traveling mode within a predetermined distance range from a motor traveling spot set on map information, wherein the control apparatus: sets ON a motor traveling history when a place within the predetermined distance range from the motor traveling spot is reached and traveling is started by the motor traveling mode; and performs control such that traveling is performed by the motor traveling mode when the motor traveling history is ON when a system is activated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus: stores a traveling distance of a predetermined period of time from when the motor traveling spot is reached in the control apparatus; and performs control such that traveling is performed by the motor traveling mode for at least the traveling distance from a spot at which the system is activated when the motor traveling history is ON when the system is activated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus turns the motor traveling history OFF and ends the motor traveling mode even when a distance equal to or more than the traveling distance is not traveled by the motor traveling mode when a predetermined cancellation condition is met when the motor traveling history is ON. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined cancellation condition includes at least one of a condition in which it is determined that the motor traveling spot has been passed through or a condition in which a driver has given a request to end the motor traveling mode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus stops the motor traveling mode while maintaining the motor traveling history ON when at least one of a case in which a predetermined vehicle speed or more is reached or an electricity accumulation ratio of the electricity accumulation apparatus becomes less than a predetermined ratio is established when the motor traveling mode is performed in accordance with the motor traveling history being ON, and then restarts the motor traveling mode when a speed less than the predetermined vehicle speed is reached or the electricity accumulation ratio of the electricity accumulation apparatus becomes equal to or more than the predetermined ratio in a state in which the motor traveling history is ON.