VEHICLE INCLUDING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR DRIVING GENERATOR

摘要

A vehicle includes a generator, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a catalytic device, and a controller for controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine. At a start of the internal combustion engine to allow the generator to start generating electricity, the controller, until the catalytic device reaches an activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in a warm-up mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine for driving the generator is below a value at which electricity is generated, and the controller, after the catalytic device reaches the activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in an electricity generating operating mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine is enhanced to the value at which electricity is generated to allow the generator to generate a predetermined quantity of electricity.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising:
a generator mounted in the vehicle and configured to generate electricity for travelling; an internal combustion engine coupled to the generator and configured to drive the generator; a catalytic device provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and configured to purify exhaust gas exhausted from the internal combustion engine during an operation of the internal combustion engine; and a controller configured to control the operation of the internal combustion engine, wherein at a start of the internal combustion engine to allow the generator to start generating electricity,
the controller, until the catalytic device reaches an activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in a warm-up mode such that a driving force of the internal combustion engine for driving the generator is below a value at which electricity is generated after the catalytic device reaches the activated state, andthe controller, after the catalytic device reaches the activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in an electricity generating operating mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine is enhanced to the value at which electricity is generated to allow the generator to generate a predetermined quantity of electricity.