Patent ID: 8577526
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,B60Y,F16H,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle having an informing unit configured to inform vehicle information that relates a driving state, the vehicle comprising: a fuel consumption priority mode selection switch to select a fuel consumption priority mode that gives priority to fuel consumption; a driving state determination module configured to determine whether the driving state is an economy driving state based on a first determination criterion when the fuel consumption priority mode selection switch is turned off, the driving state determination module determining whether the driving state is the economy driving state based on a second determination criterion that is stricter for determining whether the driving state is the economy driving state in comparison with the first determination criterion, when the fuel consumption priority mode selection switch is turned on; an informing control module configured to control the informing unit to inform a driver of a determination result of the driving state determination module.