A control device 60 of a vehicle drive device comprises a processing part 81 configured to use a trained model using a neural network to calculate at least one output parameter of a vehicle, and a control part 82 configured to control the vehicle drive device. The neural network includes a first input layer to which at least one first input parameter of the vehicle at a first point of time is input, a second input layer to which at least one second input parameter of the vehicle at a second point of time is input, a first hidden layer to which outputs of the first input layer are input, a second hidden layer to which at least one value correlated with the outputs of the first hidden layer, and outputs of the second input layer are input, and an output layer outputting at least one output parameter.

The invention relates to a method (100) for lowering the temperature of at least one component (410 . . . 470) in a vehicle (400), comprising the steps of: determining (110) future route-dependent data; lowering (130) the temperature of at least one component (410 . . . 470) as a function of the determined data.

A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle executes control in which a state of charge of the battery at a time point at which the hybrid vehicle reaches a destination is lower than an upper limit state of charge by executing an EV mode until the hybrid vehicle reaches the destination. During execution of the control, if an estimated value of a lowest temperature of an engine coolant until the hybrid vehicle reaches the destination is equal to or higher than a first threshold value, the EV mode is started when the EV mode is continuable to the destination, and if the estimated value of the lowest temperature is lower than the first threshold value, a section for executing the EV mode is shortened compared to when the estimated value of the lowest temperature is equal to or higher than the first threshold value.

A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.

A method of changing an operation mode of a hybrid vehicle may include determining a current operation mode, determining a predicted travel distance in a first mode when the current operation mode is the first mode or a current driving load satisfies a criterion for switching to the first mode as a result of the determination, determining whether an engine is warmed up, and determining whether to drive in the first mode or a second mode according to the determined predicted travel distance and whether the engine is warmed up.

A method of controlling heating of a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving a heating request from a driver; determining whether an entry condition of pre-FATC engine ON request (PFEOR) control is satisfied; checking whether the vehicle is capable of entering a HEV mode; determining whether the vehicle enters an idle mode for the PFEOR control; issuing a command for a target engine torque value and a target revolutions per minute for the idle mode to an engine control unit (ECU) from a hybrid control unit (HCU); and performing an engine idle speed control along with engine ON based on the command.

A controller for a motor vehicle (1) has an internal combustion engine (3), a transmission (4), and a cooling device (5) with a coolant (5b) for cooling the internal combustion engine (3), wherein the controller (2) is configured to determine a target minimum rotational speed for the internal combustion engine (3) on the basis of the temperature of the internal combustion engine (3) and/or the temperature of the coolant (5b) and to determine a target gear setting on the basis of the target minimum rotational speed.

A temperature control apparatus of a vehicle according to the invention stops activating a heat pump and supplies heat exchanging liquid from an engine passage to a battery passage when a warming of the battery is requested and a temperature of the heat exchanging liquid flowing out of the engine passage is equal to or lower than a permitted upper limit temperature. On the other hand, the apparatus activates the heat pump to cool the heat exchanging liquid and supplies the cooled heat exchanging liquid from the engine passage to the battery passage when the warming of the battery is requested and the temperature of the heat exchanging liquid flowing out of the engine passage is higher than the permitted upper limit temperature.

A method and a device for controlling an engine to shut down, and an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining current state information and operating parameter information of an engine, the current state information comprising a starting state, and the operating parameter information comprising rotating speed information, starting duration information, cooling liquid temperature information and torque information of the engine; and if the current state information is the starting state, and the rotating speed information, the starting duration information, the cooling liquid temperature information, and the torque information satisfy a first preset shutdown condition corresponding to the starting state, controlling the engine to be in a shutdown state.

An engine includes an EGR device and a water-cooled heat exchanger. The water-cooled heat exchanger is provided on a downstream side of an EGR gas-introduction portion of an intake passage into which EGR gas is to be introduced and exchanges heat with gas flowing in the intake passage. A control device is programmed to execute condensed water-suppression control that supplies coolant having a temperature higher than the temperature of the gas heat-exchanged in the water-cooled heat exchanger to the water-cooled heat exchanger while a hybrid vehicle is traveling in a state in which the engine is stopped.