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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Takahito Endo, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kazumi Hoshiya, Gotemba, JP;
Yoshio Ito, Susono, JP;
Norimi Asahara, Numazu, JP;
Seiji Kuwahara, Susono, JP;
Tadashi Fujiyoshi, Susono, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control system is provided to ensure acceleration response while improving energy efficiency in an autonomous vehicle in which an operating mode is selected from an autonomous mode and a manual mode. A switching device is disposed between a motor and drive wheels to switch a driving mode between a direct drive mode and a differential drive mode. A controller executes a motor-idling control to keep a speed of the motor to a standby speed during propulsion in a motor-standby mode. The controller is configured to select a first standby speed of a motor idling control in a case that the vehicle is propelled in the manual mode, and to select a second standby speed that is lower than the first standby speed in a case that the vehicle is propelled in the autonomous mode.