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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Shingo Yumoto, Toyota, JP;
Koichi Kojima, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electronic control unit of an electric vehicle is configured to, in a case of making a welding diagnosis of a charging relay with an external power supply device not being connected to a charging inlet, start the welding diagnosis when a vehicle speed becomes equal to or higher than a first vehicle speed, interrupt the welding diagnosis when the vehicle speed becomes equal to or lower than a second vehicle speed during the welding diagnosis, and resume the welding diagnosis when the vehicle speed becomes equal to or higher than the first vehicle speed during the interruption of the welding diagnosis. The second vehicle speed is equal to or lower than the first vehicle speed.