Patent ID: 11913541
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A vehicle comprising:
a shift-by-wire (SBW) transmission;
at least one sensor;
an input/output unit; and
a controller electrically connected to the SBW transmission, the at least one sensor and the input/output unit and configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a situation in which neutral parking is required according to sensor information provided by the at least one sensor, when the vehicle is stopped, to output first information configured to get a confirmation on whether a driver intends to perform the neutral parking from the driver through the input/output unit, when the controller concludes that the vehicle is in the situation in which the neutral parking is required and when a park (P) gear position is input or an ignition of the vehicle is turned off, and to control the SBW transmission to shift to a neutral (N) gear position, when there is an agreement input as a response to the first information.