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US 2026/0152076 A1Published application
Electric vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorGohki KINOSHITA
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Abstract
An electric vehicle includes a first motor connected to one of front and rear wheels, a second motor connected to the other wheels, a battery exchanging power with the motors, a clutch connecting and disconnecting the first motor and the wheels, and an electronic control unit. When braking force is required under a condition where maximum input power to the battery is limited, the control unit turns off the clutch to disconnect the first motor, and then controls the first motor in power running and the second motor in regeneration to achieve braking.
Claims3
An electric vehicle comprising:
- a first motor connected to one of front wheels and rear wheels;
- a second motor connected to the other of the front wheels and the rear wheels;
- a power storage device capable of exchanging power with the first motor and the second motor;
- a connection release mechanism that connects and disconnects the first motor and the one of the wheels;
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- a control unit programmed to, when output of braking force is required during traveling, control the connection release mechanism such that the first motor is disconnected from the one of the wheels, and thereafter perform power running control on the first motor and regenerative control on the second motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.