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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system for an electric vehicle for allowing a driver to virtually enjoy a manual shifting operation as performed in the conventional vehicles having transmissions without reducing stability and operability of the electric vehicle. A controller is configured to set a required drive torque in accordance with a selected operating range, and to selectively allow an execution of a skip shifting of the operating range to the range further than two ranges from the current operating range, based on the required drive torque to be set in the operating range selected by operating a shifting device consecutively.