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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoichiro Isami, Mishima, JP;
Kenji Mizutani, Toyota, JP;
Hirotaka Ikegami, Toyota, JP;
Akihito Yasue, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A battery electric vehicle includes: an accelerator pedal; a shifter; a mode selection device that selects a control mode for an electric motor from a manual mode and an automatic mode in accordance with a mode selection operation by a driver; and a motor control device. The motor control device varies an output characteristic of the electric motor for an operation of the accelerator pedal in accordance with an operation position of the shifter in the manual mode. The motor control device varies an output of the electric motor in accordance with the operation of the accelerator pedal, irrespective of the operation position of the shifter, in the automatic mode. When ACC is requested during control in the manual mode, the motor control device switches control for the electric motor from the manual mode to the automatic mode.