Abstract: A management server executes a process including: a step of acquiring operation information) when an execution condition is established; a step of setting a traveling route; a step of setting a first usage fee as a fee, when there is a vehicle set on a forwarding route, and when the vehicle on the forwarding route is in a high load state; a step of setting a second usage fee that is higher than the first usage fee as the usage fee when the vehicle on the forwarding route is in a low load state; a step of setting a usage fee for the vehicle on a normal route; and a step of transmitting fee information to the vehicle.

Abstract: A power storage device includes: a module stacked body including a plurality of power storage modules stacked in a first direction and having a first side surface extending in the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface and extending in the first direction and a third direction orthogonal to the first side surface and the second direction; a first restraint plate and a second restraint plate stacked on both sides of the module stacked body in the first direction and applying a restraint load to the module stacked body in the first direction; a wiring connected to the module stacked body; and a guide member coupled to the first restraint plate and the second restraint plate and disposing the wiring on the first side surface.

Abstract: An electronic inner mirror device comprising a camera installed at a rear portion of a vehicle to acquire an image behind the vehicle, an electronic inner mirror that has two operation modes of an electronic mirror mode in which it displays the image and an optical mirror mode in which it reflects an area behind the vehicle, and a raindrop removing device that removes raindrops existing on a rear side of the vehicle with respect to the camera, and further comprises an electronic control unit that notifies an occupant or occupants that raindrops can be removed by the raindrop removing device when the operation modes are switched from the electronic mirror mode to the optical mirror mode in a situation where it is estimated that raindrops exist at a position other than the rear portion of the vehicle.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a forced-induction device, a blow-by gas passage, and a PCV pressure sensor detecting a pressure in the blow-by gas passage as a PCV pressure. A period during which an intake fluctuation amount, which is a fluctuation amount of an intake air amount per unit time, is greater than or equal to a specified value is defined as a specific period. The diagnosing apparatus executes a process of calculating a pressure fluctuation amount, which is a fluctuation amount of the PCV pressure in the specific period, a process of correcting the pressure fluctuation amount to a smaller value when the intake air fluctuation amount in the specific period is relatively large than when the intake air fluctuation amount is relatively small, and a process of determining, based on the corrected pressure fluctuation amount, whether there is an anomaly in the blow-by gas passage.

Abstract: To provide a cathode mixture configured to increase the discharge capacity of a lithium secondary battery. The cathode mixture is a cathode mixture for lithium secondary batteries, comprising: a cathode active material containing an S element, and diphenyl disulfide as an additive, wherein a content of the diphenyl disulfide in the cathode mixture is less than 13.0 mass % of a total mass (100 mass %) of the cathode mixture.

Abstract: A device includes one or more processors configured to: specify a necessary charge amount of the power storage device; and control the conversion device such that the power storage device is charged at a high power level up to a predetermined charge amount reachable to the specified necessary charge amount, and such that the power storage device is charged at a low power level after the predetermined charge amount has been reached, the low power level being a level of charging power at which an appropriate temperature range is maintained by cooling control at a low drive level of the cooling device, the high power level being a level of charging power at which the appropriate temperature range is maintained by cooling control at a high drive level at which cooling performance is higher than cooling performance of the low drive level.

Abstract: The reversible capacity of P2-type positive electrode active material particle is increased. A positive electrode active material particle of the present disclosure has a P2-type structure, comprises at least one transition metal elements from among Mn, Ni and Co, with Na and O, as constituent elements, and is spherical.

Abstract: An electrode comprises a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, an electrolyte microparticle, and a composite particle. The sulfide-based solid electrolyte includes S and P, has a PS4 crystalline phase, and has a molar ratio of the PS4 crystalline phase to a total amount of phases consisting of P and S of 60% or more. A ratio of a D50 of the electrolyte microparticle to a D50 of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte is 0.5 or less. The composite particle comprises a positive electrode active material particle and a coating film. The coating film includes a phosphorus compound. The phosphorus compound includes at least one of a first element (a glass network forming element) and a second element (a transition element) as well as phosphorus. In the coating film, a relationship of “expression (1): CLi(CP+CE1+CE2)?2.5” is satisfied. CLi, CP, CE1, and CE2 represent element concentrations of respective elements measured by XPS.

Abstract: The control device is the first classification of control device in a communication control system including a first classification of control device and one or more second classifications of control devices connected to the same bus as the first classification of control device. The control device includes a transmission and reception unit that transmits or receives a signal via the bus by a half-duplex communication method, and a control unit that prohibits driving of the transmission and reception unit when the occurrence of an abnormality in the own device is detected.

Abstract: A fluorescent light-guiding plate is defined by a first surface, a second surface, and edge surfaces, has a platy structure in which quantum dots that absorb at least one or some of components of sunlight and radiate fluorescence are internally dispersed and which is formed of a material different in refractive index from an outside, and allows the fluorescence radiated from the quantum dots to be concentrated onto the edge surfaces and emitted when the sunlight is incident from the first surface. The platy structure is formed by laminating thin resin films in which the quantum dots are dispersed. The thin resin films are formed by spreading out a solution of quantum dots and resin with an organic solvent in which the quantum dots covered with an aggregation inhibitor and a resin material are dispersed, into a thin-film shape, to evaporate the organic solvent and cure the resin material.

Abstract: A column cover surrounding and covering a steering column includes a cover body and a detachable member disposed further forward relative to the cover body and fastened to the cover body, with a clip, to allow the detachable member to be continuous with the cover body. The detachable member is disposed behind an instrument panel R/F and faces the instrument panel R/F with an interval along a length of a vehicle between the detachable member and the instrument panel R/F.

Abstract: A truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A tailgate replacement extends across a rear opening to the truck bed and between the sidewalls. The tailgate replacement includes vertically-extending support rails and vertically spaced-apart, laterally-extending support rails that extend between the vertically-extending support rails. A slider is connected to the laterally-extending support rails. The slider includes a first connecting portion that slidably engages a first one of the laterally-extending support rails and a second connecting portion that slidably engages a second one of the laterally-extending support rails.

Abstract: A vehicle includes wheels including a front wheel, a front side member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on an inward side of the front wheel in a vehicle right-left direction, an upper member including a first section extending in the vehicle front-rear direction above the front wheel in a vehicle up-down direction, and a second section extending downward in the vehicle up-down direction forward of the front wheel in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a linking plate positioned forward of the front wheel in the vehicle front-rear direction and that links a front end of the front side member and the second section of the upper member to each other. The linking plate is made of a single plate material, and is corrugated in shape, in which ridges and grooves that extend in the vehicle right-left direction are fashioned alternating along the vehicle up-down direction.

Abstract: A driving force control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to prevent an increase in emission while achieving a required driving force in a condition where an accumulation of particulate matter on a particulate filter is small. A controller is configured to set a threshold level of an SOC level of a battery to shift from a motor mode to a hybrid mode to a higher level and set an upper limit power of an engine in the hybrid mode to a lower power, in a situation where the amount of particulate matter accumulated in a GPF is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes determining a vehicle is stolen, displaying on a display an image indicating the vehicle is stolen upon determining the vehicle is stolen. The image provides identification information of the vehicle. The method further includes executing a theft prevention measure including rendering the vehicle not drivable upon determining the vehicle is stolen.

Abstract: An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine for purifying exhaust gas discharged from an engine main body includes an exhaust gas control catalyst disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine and capable of purifying a target component in the exhaust gas, an electrochemical reactor disposed in the exhaust gas passage on a downstream side in an exhaust flow direction of the exhaust gas control catalyst, and a control device for controlling energization of the electrochemical reactor. The electrochemical reactor is configured to purify the target component in the exhaust gas when energized. The control device controls the energization of the electrochemical reactor on the basis of an active parameter indicating an active state of the exhaust gas control catalyst and an air-fuel ratio parameter related to an air-fuel ratio of the inflow exhaust gas flowing into the electrochemical reactor.

Abstract: A truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A compressor unit is located between an inner sidewall panel and an outer sidewall panel of one of the sidewalls. A truck bed cover covers the truck bed. A bladder is connected to an underside of the truck bed cover. The compressor unit connected to the bladder and configured to inflate the bladder.

Abstract: A composite material having a black pigment and a textile material. The composite material has a reflectivity toward near infrared electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm of greater than or equal to 12%, and the composite material has a reflectivity toward visible light having a wavelength from 350 nm to 750 nm of less than or equal to 10%.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a vehicle that captures an image of a periphery by an in-vehicle camera; and an information processing device including a processor. Further, the processor stores acquired image data without performing privacy processing in a case where a predetermined specific event is occurred therein, and stores the acquired image data after performing the privacy processing in a case where the specific event is not occurred therein.

Abstract: A battery pack comprises: a plurality of battery modules (or stacks) stacked in a Z direction, and each including a plurality of metal foils (or metal plates) stacked in the Z direction. The battery pack also comprises a resin portion bonded to a peripheral portion of the plurality of battery modules, and a case that houses the plurality of battery modules. The battery pack also comprises a stopper (or a regulating portion) that is disposed in the case so as to face the resin portion. In a direction in which the resin portion and the stopper face each other, the resin portion has a width equal to or larger than a distance between the resin portion and the stopper.