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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Akiko Nishimine, Susono, JP;
Yoichiro Isami, Mishima, JP;
Yoshio Itou, Susono, JP;
Hiroyuki Amano, Susono, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hadano, JP;
Hiroaki Kodera, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure is configured to be able to select a traveling mode between an MT mode in which an electric motor is controlled with torque characteristics like an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine, and an EV mode in which the electric motor is controlled with normal torque characteristics. When the selection of the travelling mode is changed by a driver, the controller of the electric vehicle determines whether a control mode can be switched, based on a condition in which the electric vehicle is placed, and switches the control mode in accordance with the determination result.