Patent ID: 9340112
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B60L,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle which is driven to run by energy supplied from at least one energy source, comprising: a mileage obtaining part which obtains a mileage of the vehicle; a reference mileage calculation part which calculates a reference mileage by adding up the mileage; an energy consumption amount obtaining part which obtains an energy consumption amount of the vehicle; a reference energy consumption amount calculation part which calculates a reference energy consumption amount based on the energy consumption amount; an energy consumption rate calculation part which calculates an energy consumption rate based on the reference mileage and the reference energy consumption amount; and an available cruising range calculation part which calculates an available cruising range based on the energy consumption rate: a driving mode switching device which switches a plurality of driving modes which include at least a first driving mode, a second driving mode whose system output upper limit value is set lower than a system output upper limit value of the first driving mode, and a third driving mode whose system output upper limit value is set lower than that of the second driving mode, wherein the reference energy consumption amount calculation part compresses or expands the reference energy consumption amount by multiplying the reference energy consumption amount by a driving mode changing coefficient at a point in time when the driving mode switching part switches the plurality of driving modes from any one driving mode to another driving mode, wherein the vehicle control apparatus controls the vehicle in accordance with the system output upper limit of the switched to driving mode, wherein the available cruising range calculation part calculates the available cruising range based on the compressed or expanded reference energy consumption amount, and wherein the reference energy consumption amount calculation part calculates the reference energy consumption amount by adding the obtained energy consumption amount to an accumulated energy consumption amount.