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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Battery electric vehicle includes an accelerator pedal, a shifter, a data management device that manages vehicle characteristic data, and a motor control device that controls an electric motor according to the vehicle characteristic data. The vehicle characteristic data is data configured to change the output characteristic of the electric motor with respect to the operation of the accelerator pedal in accordance with the operation position of the shifter. The vehicle characteristic data includes standard vehicle characteristic data and locked special vehicle characteristic data. The data management device is configured to unlock the special vehicle characteristic data in response to the unlocking condition requiring the predetermined action of the driver being satisfied.