Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nissan Motor Corp.

Shinichirou Kitada

Hiroyuki Hirano

Toshio Kikuchi

Eiji Inada

Takeshi Aso

Ryuichi Idoguchi

Yuutarou Kaneko

Takeshi Asou

Yutarou Kaneko

A generating control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a motor,for driving the hybrid vehicle, a battery,for driving the motor, a generator,for supplying the motor,and the battery,with electricity, an engine,for driving the generator,and a control unit,. In operation, the unit,operates to change the operations of the generator,and the engine,in both of the normal generating mode and the battery protection mode. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the deterioration of the battery,of the hybrid vehicle and to ensure the fine driving performance.

Generating control device for hybrid vehicle

There is disclosed a controller for an electric vehicle that allows for securing a sufficient battery capacity and is able to substantially avoid giving an uncomfortable feeling to the crew even if an engine for power generation is started. The controller comprises a power generation control unit which makes a generator of the electric vehicle generate electric power by starting a generator-driving engine of the electric vehicle in the case that an SOC (state of charge) of a battery of the electric vehicle is equal to or less than a first value, and further makes the generator generate the electric power by starting the generator-driving engine in the case that the SOC of the battery is equal to or less than a second value larger than the first value and a predetermined condition is satisfied. Further, an electric vehicle provided with such a controller is also disclosed.

Controller for electric vehicle and electric vehicle using the same

By calculating a fuel vapor quantity in a fuel tank based on a fuel temperature and a fuel residual quantity in the fuel tank, then calculating a fuel vapor purge quantity based on an engine revolution number and engine torque when an engine is driven, and then estimating a fuel vapor quantity captured in a vapor capturing unit based on the fuel vapor quantity and the fuel vapor purge quantity, the engine can be driven to purge the fuel vapor to the engine before the fuel vapor overflows the vapor capturing unit to thus be discharged into the air.

Method of controlling generator driving engine and system for embodying

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Tokyo, Japan

Shinichirou Kitada