ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Yoichiro Isami of Mishima-shi JP

Yoshio Itou of Susono-shi JP

Hiroyuki Amano of Susono-shi JP

Tatsuya Imamura of Okazaki-shi JP

Akiko Nishimine of Susono-shi JP

Hiroaki Ebuchi of Hadano-shi JP

Hiroaki Kodera of Susono-shi JP

ELECTRIC VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18970078 titled 'ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Original Abstract Submitted

The controller of the electric vehicle is configured to control the torque of the electric motor using the MT vehicle model based on the operation amount of the accelerator pedal, the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal, and the shift position of the pseudo-shifter. The electric vehicle also includes a pedal reaction force generator that generates a pedal reaction force in response to the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal using by the operating of the reaction force actuator. The controller is configured to store the pedal reaction force characteristic simulating the characteristic of the pedal reaction force according to the operation of the clutch pedal. Then, the controller is configured to control the pedal reaction force output by the pedal reaction force generator in response to the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal using the stored pedal reaction force characteristic.