A notification system includes an acquirer configured to acquire acceleration of a vehicle and an operation state of a direction indicator, and a controller configured to cause an output unit to output a notification for prompting a user to suppress the acceleration of the vehicle in a case where the acceleration is equal to or more than a first predetermined value, the controller not performing the notification in a case where the acceleration is equal to or more than the first predetermined value and information that makes it possible to recognize that the direction indicator is operated is acquired.

Driving support ECU determines that a driver is in an abnormal state when a state where a steering amount correlation value which changes when a steering wheel SW of a vehicle is operated does not change continues over more than or equal to an abnormality determination threshold time. When the driver is determined to be in the abnormal state, the ECU decelerates the vehicle, makes a hazard lamp blink and invalidates an acceleration request based on a change in an operation amount of an accelerator pedal. The ECU terminates decelerating of the vehicle and permits the acceleration override when a specific driving operation (an operation that the accelerator pedal changes from an operating state to a non-operating state and then again changes to the operating state within a predetermined threshold time) is determined to have occurred after the driver has been determined to be in the abnormal state.

A vehicle is disclosed having a motor and engine selectively coupled to the motor via a clutch. The vehicle includes a controller configured to, in response to a vehicle wheel torque reversal, open the clutch to disconnect the engine from the motor, command the engine to enter a speed control mode, and control a motor output torque through a region surrounding the vehicle wheel torque reversal to reduce torque disturbances in a vehicle driveline.

Provided is a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine can be suitably assisted by a rotating electrical machine. The vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, a transmission, a clutch placed between the transmission and the combination of the internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine, and a motive power control device that controls the motive power of the internal combustion engine and the rotating electrical machine. The motive power control device calculates additional motive power for the rotating electrical machine on the basis of the difference between the motive-power-transmitting capacity of the clutch and the motive power of the internal combustion engine.

A vehicle control device includes a sensor configured to sense driving information of a vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to activate or deactivate a fuel conservation mode of the vehicle based on a user input, and restrict acceleration of an engine of the vehicle to be within a predetermined range based on an accelerator pedal of the vehicle being pressed with a force that is greater than a threshold force and based on the vehicle being in an activated state of the fuel conservation mode. The controller is also configured to, based on the driving information satisfying a first condition, release a restriction on the acceleration of the engine of the vehicle in the activated state of the fuel-conservation mode.

Provided is a vehicle control device including an operation amount obtaining unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, and a third setting unit. The operation amount obtaining unit obtains a driver's driving operation amount. The first setting unit sets a first target value for vehicle travel control based on the driving operation amount obtained by the operation amount obtaining unit. The second setting unit sets a second target value for controlling the vehicle travel by automated control. The third setting unit sets a third target value for actually controlling the vehicle travel by synthesizing the first target value and the second target value based on the driving operation amount or the first target value.

A hybrid vehicle powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, first and second electric machines, traction wheels, and an output shaft having meshing gears configured to establish a final drive ratio between the output shaft and the traction wheels. The powertrain additionally includes a first mechanical linkage and a second mechanical linkage. The first mechanical linkage is configured to selectively transmit engine torque to the fraction wheels and selectively transmit electric machine torque to the traction wheels. The second mechanical linkage is configured to selectively transmit engine torque to the traction wheels. When transmitting engine torque to the wheels, the second mechanical linkage defines a fixed overdrive speed relationship between the engine and the fraction wheels.

A vehicle includes an engine, motor, powertrain, and controller. The engine and the motor are each configured generate power within the powertrain. The controller is programmed to, in response to full depression of accelerator and brake pedals while the vehicle is stopped and the powertrain is in drive, increase engine power to a maximum power output capacity and increase a motor torque to a predetermined torque output that is less than a maximum torque capacity.

A vehicle includes an engine and a transmission coupled to the engine. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to a shift of the transmission with the vehicle being in a sport mode or other precondition being present, command the engine to skip one or more fuel injector events of the engine during an inertia phase of the shift.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling and diagnosing a mechanical vehicle component. In one example, a method may include determining a vehicle speed and a plurality of clutch position settings at a diagnostic controller, and identifying unauthorized conditions based on these determinations. Further, the diagnostic controller may trigger an active fault state of the mechanical vehicle component in order to avoid unauthorized conditions that may lead to unwanted or unanticipated changes in vehicle motion.