US 12,172,648 B1
Vehicle that executes a downshift delay process
Yuji Natsuga, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,908.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-099914 (JP), filed on Jun. 19, 2023.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/19 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/19 (2013.01) [B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a drive source;
a transmission that transmits power from the drive source to drive wheels while changing a speed of the power; and
a control device that controls the drive source and the transmission, wherein the control device is configured to execute a downshift delay process of changing a timing of a downshift of the transmission to a low vehicle speed side when a host vehicle is in a following mode in which the host vehicle follows a vehicle ahead, overtaking of the vehicle ahead is restricted, and a predetermined condition that an accelerator is off and a brake is off is met, as compared with when the predetermined condition is not met.