Patent ID: 7327104
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: B60L,B60T,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for an electrically-powered vehicle that comprises an electrical motor that drives the vehicle, a motor control unit that controls drive and regenerative operations of the electrical motor based on a torque command that is a command value for a torque output by the electrical motor, and a traction control unit that controls a drive force that acts between tires and a road surface and suppresses spinning of driving wheels based on an operation request that indicates an operation state of the electrical motor, wherein the motor control unit is adapted to continuously change over the operation state of the electrical motor from a normal rotation state to a reverse rotation state through a stop state when the torque command is negative, the control apparatus comprising: a driver requesting torque calculation unit that calculates a driver requesting torque, which is a command value for the torque output by the electrical motor, according to an opening degree of accelerator related to an amount of accelerator operation by a driver; a traction requesting torque calculation unit that calculates a traction requesting torque, which is a command value for the torque output by the electrical motor, according to a drive force control by the traction control unit; a torque command calculation unit that calculates the torque command based on the operation request, the driver requesting torque, and the traction requesting torque, during execution of the drive force control by the traction control unit; and a revolution rate sensor that measures a revolution rate of the electrical motor, wherein the torque command calculation unit is adapted to set the torque command to a value greater than zero regardless of the operation request when the revolution rate of the electrical motor or a conditional value related to the revolution rate is less than or equal to a predetermined value.