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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress an electric motor from being excessively rotated when a vehicle jumps. SOLUTION: In a hybrid car where a first motor, an engine and a drive shaft are connected to a sun gear, carrier and ring gear of a planetary gear mechanism, and a second motor is connected to the drive shaft side, when it is decided that suspension stroke quantity SS has exceeded a threshold, and that a vehicle has jumped, a torque restriction coefficient α is set from 1 to 0 according to the elapsed time t, and the set torque restriction coefficient α is multiplied by request torque Td* requested for the drive shaft, and the calculated torque is set as performance torque T* (S350, S360), and when a predetermined time T1 elapses after the vehicle jumps, the engine independently operates, and the torque restriction coefficient α is set to 0, and the performance torque T* is set to 0 (S370, S380, S360). The engine and the two motors are restricted so that the performance torque T* can be output to the drive shaft. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a rotation rate of a rotary electric machine not to become excessively large during sudden deceleration of a vehicle. SOLUTION: An ECU executes a program which includes; a step for detecting an accelerator opening (S100); a step for detecting a stroke amount of a brake pedal (S110); a step for detecting a rotation rate NR of a sun gear to which a first MG is connected, and a ring gear of a power dividing mechanism having a carrier to which an engine is connected (S120); and a step to execute processing to restrict a load factor of an engine to an upper value KLH or below, when both accelerator operation and brake operation are performed and vehicle speed decreases rapidly (YES at S130), or in other words when the rotation rate of the ring gear decreases rapidly without falling of the rotation rate NE of the engine (S140). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric vehicle capable of controlling decrease of possible traveling distance by output restriction of a power storage device and restricting traveling stops as much as possible.SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle 1 comprises a traveling motor generator 50, an engine 10, a direct-current power source 80 and an ECU 120. When an EV is traveling, in which the engine 10 is stopped and only the motor generator 50 is used, the ECU 120 increases possible output power of the direct-current power source 80. When the engine 10 is abnormal, the ECU 120 executes saving traveling using only the motor generator 50. In saving traveling, the ECU 120 reduces the amount of increase of possible output power than in not saving traveling.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a notification device that can notify a user of sufficient information as necessary even if a vehicle travel driving is shifted int o a fuel safety travel, and to provide a vehicle and a method for controlling the notification device.SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle 10 can be travelled in a plurality of travelling modes. When the hybrid vehicle 10 is travelled and driven in a fuel safety mode, notification about abnormality in a driving system is made as a message from a notification part 200. The notification part 200 includes a multi-display device 210, an HUD 217 and alarm output part 290. The message is different when the vehicle is travelled or stopped.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify information for ensuring a travel allowed situation and avoid such a situation that a user's erroneous operation disables a drive system to start.SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle 10 is capable of traveling in a plurality of traveling modes. Upon a retreat running in response to an abnormality in a drive system, the hybrid vehicle 10 performs notification control for appropriately notifying a user of a state restricted by the retreat running. When a display unit 211 is used for notification, the user is notified of a prohibited operation different for each traveling mode so that the user does not perform, by mistake, any operation resulting in a situation where a drive system including an engine 100 cannot be restarted. Owing to this notification, the engine 100 can be prevented from falling into a non-restartable state.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle configured to improve the possibility of starting a vehicle system even when a voltage of a power storage device is reduced.SOLUTION: A vehicle 100 comprises: auxiliary machine loads 66 which are a plurality of electric loads to be supplied with power supply voltage from an auxiliary machine battery 60; a P lock 206; and a control device 38 for controlling the electric loads. When a voltage of the auxiliary machine battery 60 upon receiving a start signal is higher than a predetermined value, the control device 38 controls each of the plurality of electric loads to execute initial operation. When the voltage of the auxiliary machine battery 60 upon receiving the start signal is lower than the predetermined value, the control device controls each of the plurality of electric load to execute the initial operation with a time lag.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly perform idle learning of an internal combustion engine while being disconnected from a drive shaft on the subsequent stage side in a device for connecting the output shaft of the internal combustion engine through a device for performing an operating action and a device having a clutch function disconnecting it from the drive shaft on the subsequent stage side. SOLUTION: The idle learning of the engine is prohibited when a shift position SP is at N and motors MG1, MG2 are not steadily driven (S230). The idle learning of the engine is permitted when the shift position SP is not at N or the motors MG1, MG2 are steadily driven though the shift position SP is at N (S240). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle for suppressing power consumption while suppressing a shift shock in switching from a power interruption state to a power transmission state. SOLUTION: A hybrid control unit determines whether or not a deviation between the number of rotations Nm of a transmission member and the target number of rotations NmT is smaller than a threshold ΔN (S30) in an N range (YES, in S10). If the deviation between the number Nm and the number NmT is not smaller than the threshold ΔN (NO, in S30), the control unit executes rotation synchronous control (S40). Conversely, if the deviation between the number Nm and the number NmT is smaller than the threshold ΔN (YES, in S30), and the number Nm is within an upper and a lower limit values (YES, in S50), the control unit stops executing the synchronous control (S60). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a battery that provides or receives power to or from a first motor and a second motor at the time of gear shifting by a transmission from being charged with excessive power, in a vehicle in which an engine, the first motor and a power shaft are connected to a planetary gear, the second motor is connected to the power shaft, and the transmission is provided between the power shaft and a drive shaft connected to the axle. SOLUTION: Target revolutions Ne* and a target torque Te* of the engine are set based on a requirement torque Td* that is required for the running of a vehicle (Step S100-Step S120). When a request for shifting up of the transmission is made, the target revolutions Nm1* of the first motor are set to the positive revolutions Nmtag prior to the shifting up (Step S230), and after the target revolutions Ne* of the engine are changed to the revolutions corresponding to the time when the first motor is changed to the revolutions Nmtag prior to the shifting up (Step 240), the change of speeds of the transmission is performed (Step S310). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT