Vehicle and control method for vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9868434
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14906416

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A vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, an electrical storage device, a keeping switch, and a controller. The controller is configured to (a) cause the vehicle to travel by using the output of at least one of the engine and the motor generator, (b) control the state of charge of the electrical storage device, (c) when the keeping mode is requested in response to the signal output from the keeping switch and when the state of charge is higher than a threshold, execute a first keeping control for keeping the state of charge at a current value, and (d) when the keeping mode is requested in response to the signal output from the keeping switch and when the state of charge is lower than the threshold, execute a second keeping control for recovering the state of charge from a current value.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571

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Hisano, Taishi Nisshin, JP 13 76

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