Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hirotaka Sasaki

Kunihiko Jinno

A processor is capable of executing low SOC control to set a particular target SOC, which is a target SOC for when a vehicle traveling from a first specific position along a first journey route arrives at a second specific position, to a value lower than the normal target SOC. The particular target SOC of the vehicle executing the low SOC control is a value of the EV-SW permissible SOC or greater in cases in which a prohibition frequency is a first threshold or greater, with the prohibition frequency being derived based on a total value of prohibition points representing the vehicle being prohibited from entering the EV priority mode due to the low SOC control.

Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory storage medium

A vehicle air conditioning device includes a temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust a temperature of air taken in and a control unit configured to control the temperature adjustment unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a medium reference temperature of the temperature adjustment unit, set a difference between the medium reference temperature and a correction value as a set temperature of the temperature adjustment unit and increase the correction value as the temperature of air taken in increases, and decrease the correction value as the temperature of air taken in decreases.

Vehicle air conditioning device and vehicle air conditioning method

A control device is provided to make recognize an occupant that an operation by the occupant may affect an anti-fog performance of an air conditioner unit, and to control the anti-fog performance of the occupant's own will. When the occupant operates an air conditioner operation panel during self-driving in LV3 and when the operation possibly lowers the anti-fog performance of the air conditioner unit, the occupant is notified of; information that the operation possibly lowers the anti-fog performance; and information to preannounce lowering of the self-driving level to LV2 after elapse of a predetermined time. When the operation is cancelled before elapse of the predetermined time, the notification is terminated and the self-driving in LV3 is maintained. When the operation is not cancelled before elapse of the predetermined time, the self-driving level is switched to LV2 and an air-conditioning state is switched according to the operation.

Control device for vehicle

A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a prediction unit that acquires position information of a parking point where parking time of the hybrid vehicle on a travel route is predicted to exceed a threshold value; and a target setting unit that sets a target charge rate of the battery and changes the target chare rate to a second charge rate that is lower than a first charge rate in a normal state when the hybrid vehicle satisfies an approach condition of approaching the parking point. A charge and discharge amount is controlled such that a charge and discharge amount of the battery corresponding to the second charge rate when the target setting unit sets the target charge rate to the second charge rate is larger to a discharge side than a charge and discharge amount of the battery corresponding to the second charge rate in the normal state.

Vehicle control devices, vehicle control systems, and hybrid vehicles

A vehicle controller includes: a prediction unit that acquires position information on a parking place where parking time is predicted to exceed a prescribed threshold value in a travel route of the hybrid vehicle; and a target setting unit that sets a target state of charge of the battery and to change setting of the target state of charge from a first state of charge to a second state of charge that is lower than the first state of charge when the hybrid vehicle satisfies an approach condition to the parking place. A charge and discharge amount of the battery when the state of charge of the battery becomes equal to or less than the second state of charge is controlled to be smaller than the charge and discharge amount of the battery when the state of charge of the battery is larger than the second state of charge.

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Nagoya, Japan

Hirotaka Sasaki