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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Eto, Toyota, JP;
Noritaka Takuda, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The controller is installed in the vehicle along with the motor for driving, the auxiliary equipment, and the battery that supplies power to the motor and the auxiliary equipment. After the vehicle's system starts up, the controller is programmed to (A) calculate the power consumption of the auxiliary equipment using the power output from the battery; (B) estimate the auxiliary equipment electricity cost using the power consumption of the auxiliary equipment, the estimated driving time, and the estimated driving distance; and (C) predict the driving electricity cost for the estimated driving distance using the auxiliary electricity cost and the driving learning electricity cost from the learning results.