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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Mitsuaki Higa, Toyota, JP;
Shinichi Sugai, Toyota, JP;
Daisuke Itoyama, Toyota, JP;
Tsubasa Migita, Toyota, JP;
Mitsuyori Matsumura, Seto, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine having a particulate matter removal filter to remove particulate matter, in an exhaust system, and a control device to control the engine such that the vehicle travels in a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a first mode in which both fuel efficiency and ride quality are achieved and a second mode in which the engine is operated at a load higher than a predetermined load. When an accumulation quantity of the particulate matter in the particulate matter removal filter is equal to or more than a threshold, the control device notifies a driver that traveling in the second mode is recommended. When the driver selects the second mode in response to the notification, it is possible to restrain an uncomfortable feeling to be given to the driver, even if the engine is operated at a high load for regenerating the filter.