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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Gotou, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including a drive motor connected to a rotation shaft of wheels, a battery that supplies electricity to the drive motor, and an internal combustion engine connected to the drive motor. The vehicle is equipped with, as traveling modes, a normal mode, and an eco-mode having a larger regenerative braking force than the normal mode obtained such that rotational energy of the wheels is converted into electrical energy. A controller stops the internal combustion engine and switches from the normal mode to the eco-mode when detecting at least an abnormality in the internal combustion engine during traveling of the vehicle.