Patent ID: 8160795
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B60W

Abstract:
1. A drive power control apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a controller that adjusts a drive power for driving a vehicle by adding, to a reference drive power, a drive power adjustment amount by which the drive power is adjusted, to compensate for a parameter outside said drive power control apparatus due to which a deviation between a nominal vehicle speed required by a driver and an actual vehicle speed or a deviation between a nominal acceleration required by the driver and an actual acceleration is generated, wherein when the vehicle enters into a curve or when the vehicle is traveling in the curve, the controller makes the drive power adjustment amount by which the drive power is adjusted less than the drive power adjustment amount by which the drive power is adjusted when the vehicle enters into a non-curve road or when the vehicle is traveling in the non-curve road, while maintaining the reference drive power.