Patent ID: 11945429
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  G  Y | IPC B  F  G

Claim 4:
5. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein:
the first vehicle further includes:
a battery configured to be charged and discharged, and
a traction motor to be driven by electric power of the battery; and

the vehicle control system is further configured to enable the first vehicle to:
when the update to the predicted value of the traveling load amount using the additional predicted traveling load is equal to or larger than a predetermined value while the first vehicle is traveling with driving power of the traction motor alone, start to charge the battery with driving power of the internal combustion engine; and
when the update to the predicted value of the traveling load amount using the additional predicted traveling load is smaller than the predetermined value while the internal combustion engine is running, cause the first vehicle to travel with driving power of the traction motor alone while stopping the internal combustion engine.