Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Yoshiki Sawamura

Shunya Kato

Hideki Furuta

Yosuke Tagawa

An electric vehicle includes an electric motor, a transmission, a drive unit, a converter, and an electronic control unit. The transmission is provided in a power transmission path between a rotary shaft of the electric motor and drive wheels of the electric vehicle. The drive unit is configured to drive the electric motor. The converter is configured to regulate a voltage supplied to the drive unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the converter, and determine the voltage regulated by the converter, based on a first quantity of state associated with torque of an output shaft of the transmission, and a second quantity of state associated with a rotational speed of the output shaft.

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Nagoya, Japan

Yoshiki Sawamura