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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoichiro Isami, Mishima, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Mizutani, Toyota, JP;
Tsuyoshi Okada, Nagoya, JP;
Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A battery electric vehicle includes an electric motor as a driving source. The battery electric vehicle includes: a driving operation member that is used to drive the battery electric vehicle; a pseudo shifting operation member imitating an operation member that is used to perform a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle; a processor that controls the battery electric vehicle according to operation of the driving operation member; and an in-vehicle battery that is charged with electrical energy generated when regenerative braking of the battery electric vehicle is applied. The processor executes, according to selection by a driver, a control mode in which operation of the pseudo shifting operation member is associated with torque of the electric motor.