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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus is configured to control a vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine, a generator, and a drive motor. The generator is configured to generate electric power by using motive power to be outputted from the engine. The drive motor is coupled to a drive wheel. The engine, the generator, and the drive motor are coupled to each other via a planetary gear mechanism. The control apparatus includes a processor configured to control an operating point of the engine by controlling respective operations of the generator and the drive motor. The processor is configured to change a fuel consumption characteristic of the engine on the basis of traveling characteristic data, and to control the operating point of the engine on the basis of the fuel consumption characteristic. The traveling characteristic data indicates a traveling characteristic in the past of the vehicle driven by a driver of the vehicle.