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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoshinori Fujitake, Toyota, JP;
Takatomo Asai, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes: a motor for traveling; an electric power storage device configured to supply and receive electric power to and from the motor; a controller configured to control the motor such that, when an accelerator is off, a braking force based on a traveling position selected from a plurality of traveling positions with different braking forces exhibited when the accelerator is off acts on the electric vehicle; and a notification unit that notifies information. the controller is configured, when the accelerator is off and a first maximum braking force output from the motor is limited more than a second maximum braking force of the traveling position selected when the accelerator is off, among the plurality of traveling positions, to cause the notification unit to notify limitation information indicating that the first maximum braking force is limited.