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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2024
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Soo Yang Jin, Whasung-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company;, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle control apparatus includes a memory storing a program instruction and a processor that executes the program instruction. The processor obtains reference states of health (SOHs) for each vehicle type, which are determined through evaluation of durability of batteries for each vehicle type, identifies which vehicle type of battery a battery of a host vehicle corresponds to, identifies a reference SOH of the host vehicle, which is corresponds to the battery of the host vehicle, among the reference SOHs for each vehicle type, and controls at least one of a temperature of the battery or an output of the battery, or any combination thereof, based on that it is identified that an SOH of the battery of the host vehicle is smaller than the reference SOH of the host vehicle.