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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Kazuki Kubo, Toyota, JP;
Kimihito Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Fujimoto, Toyota, JP;
Takayuki Oshino, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Uchida, Nagakute, JP;
Koichi Tsuji, Gifu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes: an engine; an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas from the engine is released; a battery pack located near the exhaust pipe; and an ECU that executes, during limp-home traveling of the vehicle, control in which the battery pack is not charged and discharged, and output suppression control in which output of the engine is suppressed. In the output suppression control, when the catalyst temperature is above a threshold value, the ECU suppresses the output of the engine, as compared to when the catalyst temperature is below the threshold value, while maintaining a state in which the engine can output power.