Abstract:
An ECU may make a changeover between EV running and HV running in accordance with a running situation in each of a CD mode and a CS mode. A start power threshold of an engine at the time when the CD mode is selected may be larger than the start power threshold at the time when the CS mode is selected. Then, the ECU may change the driving force characteristics of a vehicle depending on whether the CD mode or the CS mode is selected that may result in in the vehicle driving torque for the same vehicle speed and the same accelerator opening degree is larger when the CD mode is selected than when the CS mode is selected.
Abstract:
When a catalyst temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature on a second or subsequent start of an engine since system activation of a vehicle, a catalyst warm-up request is output for the purpose of warming up a catalyst in a catalytic converter. An output limit Wout of a battery is not increased in response to a second or subsequent output of the catalyst warm-up request, while being increased in response to a first output of the catalyst warm-up request. Accordingly, the catalyst warm-up in response to the second or subsequent output of the catalyst warm-up request since the system activation suppresses excessive output of electric power from the battery and thereby suppresses deterioration of the battery. Catalyst warm-up is performed in response to the second or subsequent output of the catalyst warm-up request. This suppresses deterioration of emission. As a result, this configuration satisfies both (balances) suppression of deterioration of the battery and suppression of deterioration of emission.
Abstract:
An engine is controlled based on a wide-open-throttle operation line connecting a driving point at which the engine outputs the maximum torque in a state where the throttle valve opening degree is maximum, and a non-wide-open-throttle operation line connecting a driving point at which the exhaust state of the engine is improved as compared with the wide-open-throttle operation line. A CD mode or a CS mode is selected to drive hybrid electric vehicle. When CD mode is selected, the use of the wide-open-throttle operation line is prohibited, and a requested driving force corresponding to the state where the throttle valve opening degree is maximum is set based on a compounded torque obtained by summing an engine torque determined based on the non-wide-open-throttle operation line and a motor torque that can be output in accordance with the allowable discharge electric power of the battery, and the driving force is controlled.
Abstract:
A MET and a HUD are provided inside a cabin of an host vehicle so as to be capable of being viewed by an occupant. An acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding surrounding objects around the host vehicle. A control section is configured to suppress display on the HUD of an image of a surrounding object other than a first preceding vehicle traveling ahead in a current traveling lane of the host vehicle from out of images of surrounding objects for which the information has been acquired by the acquisition section. The control section also displays the first preceding vehicle and other surrounding objects on the MET, with display of the other surrounding objects being incrementally toned-down according to their importance level.
Abstract:
A vehicle 1 comprises an internal combustion engine 10, a filter 61, a motor 16, a battery 20, a trapped amount calculating part 91 configured to calculate an amount of particulate matter, a state-of-charge estimating part 92 configured to estimate a state of charge of the battery, an engine load setting part 93 configured to set an engine load, and an internal combustion engine control part 94. The engine load setting part is configured to make the engine load increase in the case where the amount of the particulate matter is relatively large compared to the case where the amount of the particulate matter is relatively small when it is estimated that the battery can be charged. The engine load setting part is configured to change an amount of increase of the engine load in accordance with the amount of the particulate matter when making the engine load increase.
Abstract:
An ECU includes a running mode control unit, a Wout control unit, and an engine start/stop determination unit. The running mode control unit controls switching of a running mode including a CD mode in which an engine is stopped and running using a motor generator alone is given priority, and a CS mode in which the engine is operated and the SOC of a power storage device is maintained at a predetermined target. The engine start/stop determination unit carries out a start determination of the engine based on a discharge allowable power indicating electric power that can be discharged by the power storage device. The Wout control unit modifies the discharge allowable power based on the running mode and operation/stop of the engine.
Abstract:
A vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a rotary electric machine, a battery, and an ECU. The ECU is configured to control the rotary electric machine to generate electric power when the engine is started during the motor traveling mode and provide a cranking torque to the engine, the electric power generated by the rotary electric machine increasing as a vehicle speed increases, and determine whether or not to start the engine based on a comparison between a sum of electric power and a value corresponding to electric power acceptable by the battery. The sum of electric power is a sum of first electric power actually input into and output from the battery during the motor traveling mode and second electric power predicted to be generated by the rotary electric machine while the cranking torque is provided to the engine.
Abstract:
In a vehicle and a vehicle control method, when conditions i) and ii) are satisfied, an electronic control unit is configured to control an internal combustion engine so as to delay starting of the internal combustion engine, which is based on a condition where a vehicle request power is greater than a start threshold value, in a first mode than that in a second mode. The condition i) is a condition in which the driving mode is the first mode and the condition ii) is a condition in which the vehicle request power requested by the vehicle is greater than the start threshold value. The start threshold value is a value with which the internal combustion engine in a stopped state is started.
Abstract:
A MET and a HUD are provided inside a cabin of an host vehicle so as to be capable of being viewed by an occupant. An acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding surrounding objects around the host vehicle. A control section is configured to suppress display on the HUD of an image of a surrounding object other than a first preceding vehicle traveling ahead in a current traveling lane of the host vehicle from out of images of surrounding objects for which the information has been acquired by the acquisition section. The control section also displays the first preceding vehicle and other surrounding objects on the MET, with display of the other surrounding objects being incrementally toned-down according to their importance level.
Abstract:
A vehicle is provided with an engine, a battery, a second motor generator generating a driving force by using electric power of the battery, and an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling the engine and the second motor generator. The ECU is configured to be capable of executing rotation speed increase control for controlling the rotation speed of the engine so that the sound pressure of the engine is increased in response to an increase in the vehicle speed of the vehicle. In a charge depleting (CD) mode in which the state of charge (SOC) of the battery is consumed, the ECU limits the execution of the rotation speed increase control compared to a charge sustaining (CS) mode in which the SOC is maintained in a predetermined range.