ELECTRIC VEHICLE

摘要

An electric vehicle is provided with a first operating mode having no limitation relating to power performance, or including a predetermined limitation on power performance, and a second operating mode in which power performance is more limited than in the first operating mode, and in which power consumption is reduced relative to the first operating mode. In the second operating mode, output limiting control is performed for limiting the output of an electric drive motor, a determination is made as to whether a limit discontinuation request has been inputted by the driver to an input device, and when a limit discontinuation request has been inputted from the driver to the input device during travel in the second operating mode, output limiting control is discontinued while the second operating mode is continued.

主权项

1. An electric vehicle having a first driving mode for performing no limitation on a power performance of the electric vehicle or performing a predetermined limitation on the power performance and a second driving mode for performing a greater limitation on the power performance than the first driving mode thereby to make electric power consumption smaller than the first driving mode, the electric vehicle being characterized by:
performing an output limiting control process for limiting an output of a driving electric motor in the second driving mode; judging whether a driver of the electric vehicle enters a limitation interrupting request into an input device or not; interrupting the output limiting control process while continuing the second driving mode if the driver enters the limitation interrupting request into the input device while the electric vehicle is being driven in the second driving mode; performing a vehicle speed limiting control process for limiting a vehicle speed of the electric vehicle in addition to the output limiting control process in the second driving mode; interrupting both the output limiting control process and the vehicle speed limiting control process while continuing the second driving mode if the driver enters the limitation interrupting request into the input device while the electric vehicle is being driven in the second driving mode; and resuming the output limiting control process while continuing to interrupt the vehicle speed limiting control process if the driver stops entering the limitation interrupting request into the input device in a case where both the output limiting control process and the vehicle speed limiting control process are being interrupted while continuing the second driving mode.