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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuzo Moroto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideki Hisada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 22 ; 701209 ; 180 652 ; 180 658 ;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle capable of efficiently regenerating a battery when the driving route is previously defined and of decreasing exhaust gases. A controller calculates a battery stored residual charge from the output of a battery current voltage detection sensor, sets a target value for the battery residual charge in accordance with road information and information of the present location of the vehicle, received from a navigation processor, and adjusts the outputs of a motor and an engine to cause the actual battery residual charge to approach the target value.