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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kageura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Gotemba, JP;
Kosuke Yamamoto, Gotemba, JP;
Hideto Wakabayashi, Numazu, JP;
Yoshifumi Hayashi, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes: an electric heater configured to heat a catalyst of an internal combustion engine; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in an exit area of a low emission zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted, the exit area being an area adjacent to a boundary of the low emission zone; and a heater control unit configured to turn on the electric heater when the position determination unit determines that the hybrid vehicle is located in the exit area.