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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuko Terasawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Makoto Kakuchi, Toyota, JP;
Toshiaki Karasawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takeshi Higashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiko Endo, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle management method for managing a power storage device included in a vehicle includes: determining a first fee commensurate with a first degree of degradation of the power storage device evaluated in an evaluation period by a first method; determining a second fee commensurate with a second degree of evaluation, when obtaining the second degree of degradation of the power storage device evaluated in the evaluation period by a second method with a higher measurement accuracy than the first method; determining the second fee as a lease fee for a lease period, when the second fee is lower than the first fee; and determining the first fee as a lease fee for the lease period, when the second degree of degradation evaluated in and before the evaluation period is not obtained.