US 12,187,263 B2
Vehicle control apparatus
Jun Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); Mami Osawa, Tokyo (JP); and Daichi Akiyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,549.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-065362 (JP), filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324431 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01)
CPC B60W 20/13 (2016.01) [B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2510/248 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising
a control system including a processor and a memory that are communicably coupled to each other, the control system being configured to execute a polarization eliminating mode in which polarization of an electric power storage device is eliminated by controlling an energization state of the electric power storage device while a vehicle is traveling, wherein
the control system is configured to
set a first necessary time to eliminate the polarization on a basis of a state of the polarization of the electric power storage device,
acquire a second necessary time to an arrival of the vehicle at a destination,
permit the polarization eliminating mode to be executed while the vehicle is traveling in a case where the first necessary time is shorter than or equal to the second necessary time, and
refrain from permitting the polarization eliminating mode to be executed while the vehicle is traveling in a case where the first necessary time is longer than the second necessary time.