Electric vehicles

Abstract

This involves combining electric vehicles equipped with manual and automatic modes with a function that allows the user to select the level of regenerative braking. [Solution] This disclosure relates to an electric vehicle that uses an electric motor as a power source for driving. The electric vehicle comprises a control device for controlling the electric vehicle and a shifter. The control device is configured to switch between a plurality of control modes in response to the operation of the driver of the electric vehicle, and the plurality of control modes include an automatic mode for driving as a normal electric vehicle and a manual mode for driving that simulates a manual transmission vehicle by accepting a virtual gear shift operation by the shifter, and the automatic mode includes a first automatic mode in which the regenerative braking force of the electric motor is switched in response to the operation of the shifter and a second automatic mode in which the regenerative braking force is fixed.

Claims

1. An electric vehicle that uses an electric motor as a power source for driving, A control device for controlling the electric vehicle, Shifta and, Equipped with, The control device is configured to switch between multiple control modes in response to the operation of the driver of the electric vehicle. The aforementioned multiple control modes include an automatic mode for driving as a normal electric vehicle and a manual mode for driving that simulates a manual transmission vehicle by accepting virtual gear shifting operations from the shifter. The automatic mode includes a first automatic mode in which the regenerative braking force of the electric motor is switched according to the operation of the shifter, and a second automatic mode in which the regenerative braking force is fixed. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

2. An electric vehicle according to claim 1, When the control device switches the control mode from the manual mode to the automatic mode, it sets the control mode to the second automatic mode when it switches from the manual mode. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

3. An electric vehicle according to claim 2, When the control device switches the control mode from the automatic mode to the manual mode, it permits switching from either the first automatic mode or the second automatic mode to the manual mode. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

4. An electric vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The control device switches the control mode between the first automatic mode and the second automatic mode in response to the operation of the shifter. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

5. An electric vehicle according to claim 4, The operation of the shifter for switching the control mode from the first automatic mode to the second automatic mode is different from the operation of the shifter for switching the control mode from the second automatic mode to the first automatic mode. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

6. An electric vehicle according to claim 5, The operation of the shifter for switching the regenerative braking force in the first automatic mode and the operation of the shifter for switching from the second automatic mode to the first automatic mode are the same operation. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

7. An electric vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The first automatic mode includes a plurality of drive modes with different strengths of the regenerative braking force, When the control mode is set to the first automatic mode, the drive mode is switched in response to the operation of the shifter. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

8. An electric vehicle according to claim 7, When the control device switches the control mode from the manual mode to the first automatic mode, it sets the control mode to the drive mode that was previously set. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

9. An electric vehicle according to claim 5, The operation time or method of the shifter differs between the operation of the shifter to switch from the first automatic mode to the second automatic mode and the operation of the shifter to switch from the second automatic mode to the first automatic mode. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

10. An electric vehicle according to claim 4, The aforementioned shifter is a paddle shifter consisting of a pair of paddles, The control device is In the first automatic mode, the regenerative braking force is reduced in response to the operation of one paddle of the paddle shifter, and the regenerative braking force is increased in response to the operation of the other paddle of the paddle shifter. The control mode is configured to switch from the first automatic mode to the second automatic mode in response to the operation of one of the paddles. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

11. An electric vehicle according to claim 4, The aforementioned shifter is a paddle shifter consisting of a pair of paddles, The control device is In the first automatic mode, the regenerative braking force is reduced in response to the operation of one paddle of the paddle shifter, and the regenerative braking force is increased in response to the operation of the other paddle of the paddle shifter. In the manual mode, the virtual shift position is configured to move up one step in response to the operation of one paddle, and down one step in response to the operation of the other paddle. An electric vehicle characterized by the following features.

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