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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2019
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Komuro, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a vehicle capable of switching an electrically-operated driving mode and a hybrid driving mode includes: a driving mode setter; a driving force difference calculator; and a delay controller. The driving mode setter sets the electrically-operated driving mode when a target driving force is lower than or equal to a continuous line of a mode switching threshold set in accordance with a vehicle speed, and sets the hybrid driving mode when the target driving force exceeds the continuous line of the mode switching threshold. The driving force difference calculator calculates a driving force difference that is a difference between the target driving force and the mode switching threshold. The delay controller sets a delay time from the target driving force crossing the continuous line of the mode switching threshold to a driving mode being switched on a basis of the driving force difference and the vehicle speed.