Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes a body having an exterior surface and an aerodynamic member movably coupled to the exterior surface. The aerodynamic member has a first position with respect to the exterior surface and a second position with respect to the exterior surface. The first position presents a distinct aerodynamic profile from the second position. The vehicle additionally includes an actuator coupled to the aerodynamic member and configured to actuate the aerodynamic member between the first position and the second position. The vehicle further includes a damper coupled to the aerodynamic member. The damper is provided with magnetorheological fluid.

Abstract: A vehicle control device obtains, a relative distance of an object to an own vehicle in the travel direction of the own vehicle and a lateral position that is a relative location of the object to the own vehicle in a lateral direction orthogonal to the travel direction. The vehicle control device sets a limit value indicating the lateral width of a determination region for determining whether or not the object is present in the traveling path of the own vehicle. The vehicle control device determines, on the basis of the lateral position of the object and the limit value for the determination region, whether or not the object is present in the traveling path of the own vehicle. The vehicle control device extends the determination region width by correcting the limit value when the object is a vehicle and the relative distance is less than a predetermined distance.

Abstract: An engine is stopped after a battery is charged by a first motor-generator driven by the engine when a condition in which freezing of condensed water in an exhaust pipe is expected to occur is satisfied after an ignition switch is turned OFF. By the engine operated during the charging of the battery, the condensed water accumulated in the exhaust pipe can be discharged to the outside of the exhaust pipe by the exhaust pressure of the exhaust gas. Accordingly, the condensed water is unlikely to remain in the exhaust pipe, and the freezing of the condensed water in the exhaust pipe can be suppressed even when parking continues for long under a low temperature atmosphere. The battery is charged by the first motor-generator, and thus the electric power of the battery can be used for traveling of a vehicle and fuel economy deterioration can be suppressed.