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Title:
HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010023738
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To notify a driver of history of a modes in which a vehicle travels and of difference of fuel consumption by the modes.

A hybrid vehicle capable of charging an electric storage means with electric power supplied from outside, time-serially stores: a mode setting value; fuel consumption amount; and travel distance; the mode setting value being value 0 when setting a first mode for prohibiting the electric storage means from being charged by electric power acquired by generating a generator with power output from an internal combustion engine, and being value 1 when setting a second mode for allowing the charge of the electric storage means, and in order to time-serially display fuel consumption derived by the fuel consumption amount and the travel distance for every 5 minutes on a meter display unit up until 30 minutes before, visually and distinguishably displays the fuel consumption: by displaying the fuel consumption with color A when all the mode values for every 5 minutes are value 0; by displaying the fuel consumption with color B when all the mode values are value 1; and by displaying the fuel consumption with color C when the mode values include value 0 and value 1.


Inventors:
YAMAMOTO MASAYA
Application Number:
JP2008189353A
Publication Date:
February 04, 2010
Filing Date:
July 23, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60W10/00; B60K6/445; B60K6/46; B60L3/00; B60W10/06; B60W10/08; B60W20/00; F02D29/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aitec International Patent Office