Patent ID: 7315771

Claim:
A control device for a fuel cell vehicle, comprising: motor-requested-output determining means for determining a requested output for a driving electric motor; motor-target-output calculating means for calculating a target output of the electric motor while limiting the target output to a predetermined upper-limit target output or lower depending on the requested output; motor driving means for outputting a driving electric energy depending on the target output to the electric motor; a fuel cell which is used as a power supply for the motor driving means; and an electric storage device which is connected parallel to the fuel cell so as to be charged by the fuel cell and to be discharged for compensation for the insufficient amount of generated electric energy when the amount of electric energy generated by the fuel cell is insufficient; wherein when the requested output is not in an abruptly increasing state in which the requested output exceeds a first output limit, the motor-target-output calculating means sets a first output limit to the upper-limit target output, the first output limit being determined in accordance with a continuous output rating of the electric motor or the motor driving means, and when the requested output is in the abruptly increasing state, the motor-target-output calculating means sets a second output limit larger than the first output limit to the upper-limit target output.