Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrically-powered vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 电动车
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Application No.: US14118130Application Date: 2011-05-16
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Publication No.: US09242644B2Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Takahiko Hirasawa , Keiji Kaita
- Applicant: Takahiko Hirasawa , Keiji Kaita
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/061153 WO 20110516
- International Announcement: WO2012/157054 WO 20121122
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00 ; B60K6/445 ; B60W10/08 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L11/14

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle illustrated as a representative example of an electrically-powered vehicle includes a chargeable/dischargeable power storage device, a motor configured to generate a vehicle drive force by receiving supply of power from the power storage device, an internal combustion engine as a drive force source, and a generator configured to generate charging power for the power storage device by power generation using an output of the internal combustion engine. If the generator cannot be operated normally, the control unit causes the electrically-powered vehicle to perform limp-home mode traveling by traveling using only the motor. During the limp-home mode traveling, the control device calculates a remaining travelable distance in the limp-home mode traveling, based on at least a remaining capacity of the power storage device and a vehicle speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140114523A1 ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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