Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Sota Sugimoto

Norimasa Koreishi

Yasuhiro Hara

Yasuhiko Fukuzumi

Koji Tokuyama

Jumpei Kiriki

A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect an abnormal condition of a driver of a vehicle, based on an inside sensor signal, search a predetermined section from the position of the vehicle at detection of the driver's abnormal condition for a first evacuation space by referring to map information, detect an obstacle in the first evacuation space, based on an outside sensor signal, search the predetermined section for a second evacuation space by referring to the map information when the obstacle is detected, control the vehicle to stop the vehicle in the second evacuation space when the second evacuation space is detected, and control the vehicle to stop the vehicle on a roadway being traveled by the vehicle in the predetermined section when the second evacuation space is not detected.

Controller, method, and computer program for vehicle control

A vehicle rear portion structure includes a cross member that extends in a vehicle width direction at a vehicle rear, a rear wheel house that accommodates a rear tire, a rear pillar that extends in a vehicle vertical direction, a reinforcing member that connects the rear pillar with the rear wheel house, and a joining member that connects a lower end portion of the reinforcing member with one end portion of the cross member. The rear pillar is divided into a general portion and a high-rigidity portion. The high-rigidity portion is connected to an upper end portion of the general portion and is specified with a higher rigidity than the general portion. The reinforcing member is connected to the high-rigidity portion.

Vehicle rear portion structure

A vehicle includes a lower back panel, a rear side member, a gusset, a roof side rail, and a coupling member. The lower back panel has an outer panel and a lower back reinforcement, which is joined to the outer panel. The gusset is joined to both the lower back reinforcement and the rear side member. The coupling member is joined to both the rear end of the roof side rail and the lower back reinforcement. When viewed in the vehicle vertical direction, a region of the lower back reinforcement to which the gusset is joined overlaps with a region of the lower back reinforcement to which the coupling member is joined.

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Toyota, Japan

Sota Sugimoto