Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Satoaki Haruyama

Yoji Mizoguchi

Masashi Oishi

Yoshiyuki Senba

Yoshikatsu Oda

A vehicle controller applies a braking force to wheels using a hydraulic braking force generating mechanism and sets a vehicle driving torque, which is generated by an engine, to a second torque which is smaller than a first torque in a normal state, when a switch is switched to an ON state in a state in which a vehicle is traveling and an accelerator is turned on. Then vehicle stops, the vehicle controller implements an EPB mechanical operating state using a mechanical parking brake mechanism. When the switch is switched to an OFF state, the vehicle controller maintains the EPB mechanical operating state until an accelerator pedal operating level reaches '0,' and maintains the vehicle driving torque at the second torque. Then the accelerator pedal operating level reaches '0', the EPB mechanical operating state is released and the vehicle driving torque is returned to the first torque.

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Satoaki Haruyama