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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Iwamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle traveling control method includes determining a driver's intention for acceleration during vehicle traveling, predicting, when a determination is made that the driver has no intention for acceleration, which is superior between a first fuel consumption reduction effect by inertial traveling and a second fuel consumption reduction effect by deceleration energy regeneration, the inertial traveling making the vehicle travel, with power transmission disconnected between an engine and a drive wheel of the vehicle, and the deceleration energy regeneration inputting rotational power of the drive wheel of the vehicle to an electric motor, and performing inertial traveling when a prediction is made that the first fuel consumption reduction effect by inertial traveling is superior to the second fuel consumption reduction effect by deceleration energy regeneration.