US 12,275,330 B2
Vehicle and vehicle control method
Tsubasa Migita, Sakai (JP); Hiroshi Nagase, Nagoya (JP); Yoichi Ogura, Sunto-gun (JP); and Daisuke Mukai, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,154.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-181859 (JP), filed on Nov. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157849 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 58/27 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H01M 10/0562 (2010.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B60L 58/27 (2019.02) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H01M 10/0562 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a battery including an all-solid-state battery configured to be externally chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of the vehicle;
a heater configured to heat the battery; and
a control device configured to control the heater, wherein:
the control device controls the heater such that a temperature of the battery during execution of an external charging is higher when a predetermined condition related to the external charging is satisfied than when the predetermined condition is not satisfied; and
the predetermined condition includes a condition that an elevation of the vehicle during the execution of the external charging is higher than a predetermined height.