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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid vehicle including an engine and motor as a driving source, and avoid unnecessary restriction to be imposed on restart of an engine succeeding initiation of evacuation travel (battery-less travel).SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle includes: a battery; an engine that is started through cranking to be performed using power of the battery; a first motor generator capable of generating electricity using the power of the engine; a second motor generator capable of being driven with the power fed from at least one of the battery and first motor generator; a monitoring unit that monitors the state of the battery; and an ECU. If an abnormality occurs in the battery, the ECU calculates a permissible number of times of cranking Nc on the basis of the storage capacity (SOC) of the battery observed immediately prior to the occurrence of the abnormality (S12), permits cranking (restart) of the engine according to whether the number of times of cranking performed after the occurrence of the abnormality has reached the permissible number of times Nc (S13), and decides whether or not to make a transition to battery-less travel (S14).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve drivability of hill start in connection with a control device of vehicle and a control method of vehicle that include a hill assist function capable of easily conducting particularly hill start.SOLUTION: A vehicle 1 is held in a hill hold state by a braking force of a braking device 80 until a restarting control is conducted by a control device 50 and driving force of uphill stop torque or more is output from a driving device 11. When the driving force which exceeds the uphill stop torque is output from the driving device 11 the braking force by the braking device 80 used for the uphill stop torque in replacement is released.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle which allows a driver to know the completion of charging when a second power storage device is charged by a charging device at the start of a vehicle system.SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle 100 includes an HVECU 11 for executing a hybrid system to control vehicle running, a battery module 131 for storing power for vehicle running, an accessory battery 15 for storing power for driving the HVECU 11, a DC/DC converter 145 for stepping down a voltage supplied from the battery module 131 to charge the accessory battery 15, and a combination meter 23 for indicating the completion of charging when the accessory battery 15 is charged by the DC/DC converter 145 at the start of the hybrid system.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a proper ventilation mode in stopping and starting a vehicle system.SOLUTION: An ECU executes a program including: a step (S102) of changing the ventilation mode based on a storage value when an IG-on operation is executed (YES in S100); a step (S106) of changing the ventilation mode into an outer introduction mode when an IG-off operation is executed (YES in S104); and a step (S108) of storing the current ventilation mode when neither the IG-on operation nor the IG-off operation is executed (NO in S100, NO in S104).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply system which can suppress the degradation of power storage units mounted to a vehicle having an external charging mode, and a vehicle with the system. SOLUTION: The vehicle 100 includes the power storage units 4-1, 4-2, and a charging unit 30 for externally charging the power storage units 4-1, 4-2 by receiving power form an external power source. When a connector 350 is coupled to the vehicle 100 and a state ready for charging by the external power source is attained, a controller 2 predicts a degradation ratio of the power storage unit at the time point of completion of external charging based on the degrdation characteristic of the power storage unit in conection with SOC and a battery temperature Tbat obtained in advance, and sets a target charge state value of each power storage unit based on the battery temperature so that the predicted degradation ratio does not exceed a tolerable degradation ratio at the time point of completion of external charging. Then, the controller 2 controls corresponding converters such that SOCs of the power storage units attain the target charge state values. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prolong running distance of a vehicle from the time when the amount Fu of remaining fuel is reduced. SOLUTION: The vehicle operates an engine at set target operation point by setting the target operation point composed of target rotational speed Ne* and target torque Te* of the engine 22 (S140) using an operation line for fuel small amount time changed to a low torque side with respect to a part having predetermined rotational speed or more among operation lines for usual time when the amount Fu of remaining fuel is less than a threshold value Fref (S120). Consequently, the frequency of amount increasing compensation (S150, S170) of fuel performed when catalyst temperature θc is above a threshold value θref can be reduced, and running distance of the vehicle from the time when the amount Fu of remaining fuel is reduced can be prolonged. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately determine precharge of a capacitor, regardless of the failure in a sensor. SOLUTION: In a power supply system, when the start of the system is instructed, relays SMR2, SMR3 are turned on to start precharging the capacitor 24; and when a current sensor 34 mounted on an electric power line connected to the output terminal of a battery 22 is normal, precharging of the capacitor 24 is determined to be completed, if the current from the current sensor 34 lowers under a predetermined current, if a failure occurs in the current sensor 34, precharging of the capacitor 24 is determined as being completed, when the voltage difference between the voltage from a voltage sensor 32, mounted between terminals of the battery 22 and the voltage from a voltage sensor 36 mounted between terminals of the capacitor 24, reaches a predetermined voltage difference, so that the relay SMR1 is turned on and the relay SMR2 is turned off, thus determining precharging with higher accuracy, regardless of the existence of failures in the current sensor 34. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the startability of an internal combustion engine which can be operated at a high expansion ratio with a substantial compression ratio being lower by quickening a timing for closing an intake valve when compressing intake air in a cylinder after expanding it once. SOLUTION: When the operation stop of the engine is instructed, the engine is stopped at a position deviating from a region where intake air is expanded when tending to a compression stoke after the intake valve is closed, for example, at a target stop position which is set as a position with the intake valve closed (S210, S220). Thus, negative pressure is produced in the cylinder to allow the entry of air therein during the stop of the engine, preventing the compression ratio from being higher in the first compression stroke at the next start. As a result, knocking is prevented and the next start of the engine is smoothed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a battery fully exhibit its performance by managing its temperature to be in a more proper state. SOLUTION: The charging and discharging of the battery is controlled by setting targeted charging and discharging capacity Pch*, based on the remaining capacity SOC of the battery, using a map showing the relation that the lower the temperature of the battery, with the larger the inclination of the target charging and discharging capacity Pch* with respect to the changes in the remaining capacity SOC becomes, the larger hysteresis to the change of the remaining capacity SOC becomes. By this control, the lower the temperature of the battery is, the more actively the battery is charged and discharged. Moreover, hysteresis is made larger, when the charging and discharging are performed actively so that the battery in a low temperature can be warmed effectively and its performance can be put forth sufficiently, while preventing the frequent switching of the charging and discharging. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI