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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Hasegawa, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Harayama, Toyota, JP;
Ayano Asai, Anjo, JP;
Koji Terashima, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeaki Murata, Nisshin, JP;
Tomio Yamanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Syun Yoshida, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes: a fuel cell; a storage portion to store produced water that is produced as a result of power generation by the fuel cell; a drainage valve for switching between a storage state and a drainage state of discharging the produced water from the storage portion to the outside of the fuel cell vehicle; a road information acquisition portion configured to acquire road information on roads on which the fuel cell vehicle travels; and a controller configured to drainage valve control operation. The controller sets a road region meeting a first condition defined in advance regarding road information and that permits the drainage state as a first road region where the drainage state is permitted, and the controller performs drainage if a drainage implementation condition defined in advance, including traveling of the fuel cell vehicle in the first road region, is fulfilled.