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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Fukao, Saitama, JP;
Masaya Agata, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a drive wheel driven by an output of at least one of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor. When the internal combustion engine is in a cylinder deactivation operation, if a target torque reaches a cylinder deactivation bottom torque at which a value of a cylinder deactivation brake specific fuel consumption, which is a brake specific fuel consumption when the internal combustion engine is in the cylinder deactivation operation, is minimized, the vehicle control device executes cylinder deactivation bottom assist control for increasing a motor torque output from the electric motor in accordance with an increase in the target torque while maintaining an engine torque output from the internal combustion engine at the cylinder deactivation bottom torque.