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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Masatoshi Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Masatoshi Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle battery life evaluating apparatusincludes an actual traveling measuring sectionmeasuring, for each driving pattern, actual gasoline mileage data on a hybrid vehicle equipped with a battery as a power source, a test traveling storage sectionstoring test gasoline mileage data set for each driving pattern on the basis of a traveling test on the vehicle, a battery life evaluating sectioncomparing the measured actual gasoline mileage data with the test gasoline mileage data on the corresponding driving pattern to evaluate a degradation level of the battery on the basis of a value of a decrease in gasoline mileage set for each degradation level of the battery and transmitting information on battery degradation to a battery life display section, and the battery life display sectiondisplaying the information on battery degradation.