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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Naoto Suzuki, Fujinomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Naoto Suzuki, Fujinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus which starts an engine to generate electric power, and charges a battery for supplying electric power to a motor with the generated electric power when a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is reduced. The vehicle control apparatus starts the engine earlier when a load of the vehicle is larger than a predetermined set value than when the load is not larger than the predetermined set value.