Patent ID: 7729838

Claim:
A vehicle driven with output power of a power output apparatus, said vehicle comprising: an accelerator depression amount measurement unit that measures a driver's depression amount of an accelerator pedal or an accelerator depression amount; a vehicle speed measurement unit that measures a speed of said vehicle or a vehicle speed; a first driving torque demand setting module that sets a driving torque demand required for said vehicle to decrease at a first reduction rate with an increase in measured vehicle speed against the measured accelerator depression amount; a second driving torque demand setting module that is activated, instead of said first driving torque demand setting module, at least when the measured accelerator depression amount is in a preset accelerator depression range of less than a maximum accelerator depression amount, said second driving torque demand setting module setting the driving torque demand to decrease at a second reduction rate, which is at least lower than the first reduction rate, with an increase in measured vehicle speed to an extent of or below a maximum allowable torque output from said power output apparatus; and a drive control module that drives and controls said power output apparatus to drive said vehicle with a torque equivalent to the set driving torque demand.