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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuyuki Itou, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell system ( ), a fuel tank ( ) which stores fuel supplied to the fuel cell system ( ), and a sensor ( ) which detects a remaining fuel amount in the fuel tank ( ). A controller ( ) of the fuel cell system ( ) predicts a possible running distance of the vehicle based on an energy amount obtained by subtracting the energy required to start the fuel cell system ( ) from the energy amount corresponding to the detected remaining fuel amount.