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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Takahide Iida, Ichinomiya, JP;
Takahide Iida, Ichinomiya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle starts traveling in an EV travel mode. When a reset request is issued to a first power storage unit, current control is performed to discharge actively the first power storage unit. After time when charging by an external power supply becomes allowed, a discharge current of the first power storage unit to be reset is kept at a constant current value, and a second power storage unit not to be reset is charged with a charge current including at least the discharge current of the first power storage unit. When a distinctive point appears on a battery voltage characteristic of the first power storage unit at a subsequent time, an estimated value of an SOC of the first power storage unit is reset to a predetermined reference value.