Mazda Motor Corporation

Hitoshi Fukuba

Masaki Chiba

Naoki Yamada

Masahiko Fujimoto

Kazuya Yokota

Yusaku Takeda

Yoshihisa Okamoto

Koji Kagami

Yuta Tsuji

Toshihiko Ohsumi

Junji Kaneishi

Yasuhiko Kato

Mitsugu Mera

Yusuke Kohge

Hiroko Gendou

Akira Funakubo

A vehicle control apparatus includes circuitry for controlling a vehicle. The circuitry is configured to search for a stop location where the vehicle is to stop, on a basis of road shoulder region information, generate an evacuation path on a basis of road information to the stop location, and guide the vehicle to the stop location from a first travel lane adjacent to a road shoulder region. The circuitry is further configured to calculate a collision risk of collision with an on-road obstacle. When the collision risk is a predetermined degree or higher, the circuitry is to interrupt the guidance, otherwise the circuitry is to guide the vehicle to enter the stop location and stop the vehicle at the stop location.

Travel control apparatus for vehicle, vehicle controlling method and computer program therefor

A hybrid vehicle () is a parallel hybrid vehicle including a motor/generator () arranged between an engine () and a transmission (). The engine () is configured to perform lean operation in a low-load operating range. The hybrid vehicle is configured such that a rotation speed at a maximum point of power generation efficiency of the motor/generator () is within a rotation speed range (Xa) corresponding to a lower-speed part (a) of a 95% fuel-consumption efficiency operating range (A) of the engine ().

Hybrid vehicle and method for setting specifications of engine and motor/generator in hybrid vehicle

A steering apparatus for a vehicle, which can reduce the steering load and allows accurate steering angle control, is provided. In the steering apparatus for a vehicle, an estimation unit estimates a mechanical impedance upon a driver's steering manipulation. A control unit controls the steering reaction force of a steering wheel based on the estimated mechanical impedance.

Steering apparatus for vehicle

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Higashihiroshima, Japan

Hitoshi Fukuba