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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Sui Kurihashi, Sunto-gun, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a vehicle includes a catalyst temperature raising control part configured to perform catalyst temperature raising control raising a temperature of an exhaust purification catalyst of an internal combustion engine while driving in an EV mode on an EV section of a driving route when driving over the driving route in accordance with a driving plan when, while driving on the EV section: (i) the temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is less than a predetermined temperature raising reference temperature that is higher than an activation temperature at which an exhaust purification function of the exhaust purification catalyst is activated, (ii) the exhaust purification catalyst was previously heated while driving on the driving route, and (iii) there is a CS section to be driven on while in a CS mode in a remaining driving section of the driving route after the EV section.