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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 40/13 (2012.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/13 (2013.01); B60W 2510/081 (2013.01); B60W 2510/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the engine and the motor. The controller is configured to, when the engine is operated under load at the time when the vehicle slows down and stops in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle runs without driver's operation, set a controlling lower limit rotation speed of the engine to a maximum rotation speed out of a plurality of candidate rotation speeds and control the engine such that the engine is operated under load within a range higher than or equal to the controlling lower limit rotation speed.