Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor configured to drive a vehicle wheel, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and a radiator configured to exchange heat between a coolant for cooling the motor and outside air. The radiator is disposed below a floor surface of the vehicle and in a gap between the motor and the battery in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle transmission control apparatus including a manual shift instructing portion outputting a manual shift instruction for upshifting or downshifting a transmission, and an electric control unit including a microprocessor and a memory to control a shift operation. The microprocessor controls the shift operation in accordance with a first shift chart stored in the memory based on vehicle information before the manual shift instruction is output, controls the shift operation in accordance with the manual shift instruction when the manual shift instruction is output, and controls the shift operation in accordance with a second shift chart stored in the memory based on the vehicle information when a predetermined mode switch condition is established after the manual shift instruction is output.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus including a driving level switching portion switching to a first driving automation level involving a driver responsibility to monitor surroundings or a second driving automation level not involving the driver responsibility to monitor the surroundings, a distance measurement device measuring an inter-vehicle distance to a forward vehicle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor performs controlling an equipment according to the inter-vehicle distance so as to follow the forward vehicle, controlling the equipment so that the self-driving vehicle starts when the inter-vehicle distance increases up to a predetermined value, and determining a first predetermined value as the predetermined value when the driving automation level is switched to the first driving automation level and a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value as the predetermined value when the driving automation level is switched to the second driving automation level.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a surrounding circumstances detector detecting surrounding circumstances of a self-driving vehicle and an electric control unit including a microprocessor configured to perform generating an action plan of the self-driving vehicle based on the surrounding circumstances and controlling the engine and the transmission so that the self-driving vehicle travels by self-driving in accordance with the action plan. The generating includes generating a first action plan and a second action plan, the first action plan including target position data of the self-driving vehicle, the second action plan including an acceleration instruction to a target vehicle speed not including the target position data, and the controlling includes controlling the engine and the transmission, so that the self-driving vehicle accelerates to the target vehicle speed at a target torque minimizing a fuel consumption quantity per unit travel distance when the second action plan is generated.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor configured to drive a vehicle wheel, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and a radiator configured to exchange heat between a coolant for cooling the motor and outside air. The radiator is disposed below a floor surface of the vehicle and in a gap between the motor and the battery in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus capable of executing control to cause a vehicle to automatically follow a preceding vehicle, includes a determination unit configured to determine, based on internal information of the vehicle, whether to request an increase of a cruising speed of the preceding vehicle during automatic following to the preceding vehicle, and a request transmission unit configured to transmit an increase request for requesting to increase the cruising speed of the preceding vehicle in a case in which the determination unit determines to request the increase of the cruising speed.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle, comprising an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a degree of interest of a passenger of the vehicle with respect to time, and a setting changing unit configured to change setting of a kinetic characteristic of the vehicle based on an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus controls a vehicle that is performing automated driving traveling. The vehicle control apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to acquire deceleration information of another vehicle by communication with the other vehicle; a setting unit configured to set, for a deceleration of the vehicle, a range of an allowable deceleration that allows a vehicle speed change within a predetermined range; a determination unit configured to compare the deceleration of the vehicle with a deceleration included in the deceleration information and determine whether deceleration control of matching the deceleration of the vehicle with the deceleration of the other vehicle can be performed within the range of the allowable deceleration; and a control unit configured to perform the deceleration control of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control an actuator for driving a vehicle with a self-driving capability so that the vehicle follows a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control apparatus includes a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the forward vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether the forward vehicle is cruising based on the traveling condition detected by the travel state detector, and controlling the actuator so that the vehicle travels in a normal mode, when it is determined that the forward vehicle is not cruising, and the vehicle follows the forward vehicle in a cruise mode with a fuel economy performance or quietness higher than in the normal mode, when the forward vehicle is cruising.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control an actuator for driving a vehicle with a self-driving capability so that the vehicle follows a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle, and including an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a travel pattern of the forward vehicle; setting a travel mode with an acceleration performance in accordance with the travel pattern recognized in the recognizing; and controlling the actuator so that the vehicle follows the forward vehicle in the travel mode set in the setting.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control a vehicle with a self-driving capability, including a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing a drive-mode of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector. The recognizing includes calculating a degree of variance of a vehicle speed or an acceleration of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector, and determining whether the forward vehicle is traveling in a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode based on the degree of variance calculated in the calculating.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus including a drive mode instruction switch instructing a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode and a processor configured to perform determining whether a deviation between a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed detector and a target vehicle speed included in an action plan is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and controlling an actuator in the self-drive mode in accordance with the action plan. The microprocessor is further configured to perform switching to the self-drive mode when switching to the self-drive mode is instructed during an acceleration running in the manual drive mode, and controlling the actuator so as to maintain an acceleration in the manual drive mode at least until it is determined that the deviation is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: an automatic transmission configured to select a gear from a plurality of gears by switching engagement of a plurality of friction engaging mechanisms; a determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined deceleration condition is satisfied during traveling; and an engagement control unit configured to control the plurality of friction engaging mechanisms. If the determination unit determines that the predetermined deceleration condition is satisfied, the engagement control unit decelerates the vehicle by controlling, in addition to a friction engaging mechanism corresponding to a current gear among the plurality of friction engaging mechanisms, a degree of engagement of another friction engaging mechanism that can generate interlock of the automatic transmission.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a microprocessor configured to perform generating an action plan; setting a target speed ratio of the transmission corresponding to a required driving force required after completion of a turn traveling based on the action plan; determining whether a current speed ratio during deceleration traveling or after the deceleration traveling before the vehicle starts the turn traveling is greater or smaller than the target speed ratio; controlling the transmission in accordance with a result determined by the determining, and the controlling including controlling the transmission so as to decrease a speed ratio to the target speed ratio before the vehicle starts the turn traveling, when it is determined that the current speed ratio is greater than the target speed ratio.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus including a road surface condition detector, a drive mode instruction switch instructing a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode and, an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The memory stores a driving characteristic of a driver during traveling in the self-drive mode, and the microprocessor performs generating an action plan including a target path of the vehicle, controlling an actuator so that the vehicle travels in self-driving in accordance with the action plan, and the generating including restricting a target value of a physical quantity for traveling of the vehicle included in the action plan, based on the detected road surface condition and the driving characteristic stored in the memory, when a switching from the manual drive mode to the self-drive mode is instructed by the drive mode instruction switch.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle including an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the microprocessor is configured to function as: a proximity degree calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of proximity of a rearward vehicle at a rear of the self-driving vehicle to the self-driving vehicle; a proximity degree determination unit configured to determine whether the degree of proximity calculated by the proximity degree calculation unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree; and an actuator control unit configured to control the actuator so as to increase a vehicle acceleration when it is determined by the proximity degree determination unit that the degree of proximity is equal to or greater than the predetermined degree than when it is determined that the degree of proximity is less than the predetermined degree.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes, as a power plant, a motor and a transmission configured to transmit rotation of the motor to an output shaft. The control apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a stop position at which the vehicle stops; a decision unit configured to decide a deceleration start position at which deceleration is started to stop at the stop position; and a control unit configured to switch, when performing deceleration control of the vehicle toward the stop position, deceleration control of the power plant between a manual driving mode and an automated driving mode.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle including an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the microprocessor is configured to function as: a proximity degree calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of proximity of a rearward vehicle at a rear of the self-driving vehicle to the self-driving vehicle; a proximity degree determination unit configured to determine whether the degree of proximity calculated by the proximity degree calculation unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree; and an actuator control unit configured to control the actuator so as to increase a maximum vehicle speed when it is determined by the proximity degree determination unit that the degree of proximity is equal to or greater than the predetermined degree than when it is determined that the degree of proximity is less than the predetermined degree.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle with a driving part for traveling including a vehicle detector detecting another vehicle around the self-driving vehicle and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform generating an action plan so as to follow the other vehicle detected by the vehicle detector as a target vehicle, and controlling the driving part in accordance with the action plan generated in the generating, in which the generating includes recognizing a size class of the other vehicle; determining whether the other vehicle satisfies a condition that a degree of difference of the recognized size class from a size class of the self-driving vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined degree; and designating the other vehicle determined to satisfy the condition as the target vehicle.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus including a driving level switching portion switching to a first driving automation level involving a driver responsibility to monitor surroundings or a second driving automation level not involving the driver responsibility to monitor the surroundings, a distance measurement device measuring an inter-vehicle distance to a forward vehicle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor performs controlling an equipment according to the inter-vehicle distance so as to follow the forward vehicle, controlling the equipment so that the self-driving vehicle starts when the inter-vehicle distance increases up to a predetermined value, and determining a first predetermined value as the predetermined value when the driving automation level is switched to the first driving automation level and a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value as the predetermined value when the driving automation level is switched to the second driving automation level.