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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Hiroki Endo, Nisshin, JP;
Masaya Yamamoto, Kasugai, JP;
Kensuke Kamichi, Nakagute, JP;
Yusuke Yamanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroki Endo, Nisshin, JP;
Masaya Yamamoto, Kasugai, JP;
Kensuke Kamichi, Nakagute, JP;
Yusuke Yamanaka, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In the present specification, degradation of a battery is suppressed in a hybrid vehicle having an EV mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs without using an engine and an HV mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs using both the engine and a motor. A controller of the hybrid vehicle is configured to limit a usage range of the battery in the EV mode with an execution request of the EV mode having been made by an information input from outside to the vehicle than in the EV mode with no execution request. The degradation of the battery is suppressed by limiting the usage range of the battery.