Nissan Motor Company Limited

Renault S.a.s.

Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha

Eisuke Fukushima

Hiroshi Takeda

Hayato Chikugo

Takeaki Obata

Kazuhide Shimada

Takafumi Nomura

Daisuke Yoshimachi

A control method includes acquiring the operation stop request of the fuel cell system, acquiring a next vehicle operation start timing, and calculating a first energy cost and a second energy cost at a predetermined timing after acquiring the operation stop request and the next vehicle operation start timing. The first energy cost is an energy cost required from the predetermined timing to completion of warming up of the fuel cell when a warm-up control is executed using the heater in accordance with the next vehicle operation start timing after the stop control is executed. The second energy cost is an energy cost required when an operation of the fuel cell is continued so as to maintain a temperature of the fuel cell at a warm-up temperature from the predetermined timing to the next vehicle operation start timing. The control method includes continuing the operation of the fuel cell such that the temperature of the fuel cell is maintained at the warm-up temperature while the first energy cost is larger than the second energy cost after the operation stop request is acquired.

Control method for fuel cell system, and fuel cell system

A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell configured to be supplied with a fuel and air to generate an electric power;

Fuel cell system

According to a control method for a hybrid vehicle that is caused to run by a drive motor as a load being supplied with electric power of a battery and electric power generated by an electric generator, a total distance to empty is calculated on the basis of a shortage of a generating power output of the electric generator with respect to a required running power output and an amount of charge remaining in the battery. Specifically, a length of time for which the shortage of the generating power output of the electric generator with respect to the required running power output is covered by the amount of charge remaining in the battery is calculated, and a distance that the hybrid vehicle can run for this length of time is set as a total distance to empty.

Total distance to empty informing device provided in hybrid vehicle

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Eisuke Fukushima