Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.

Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.

Abstract: The home position estimation system includes a GNSS receiver, an object detection device for detecting an object in surroundings of the hybrid vehicle, an identifying part configured to identify the object detected by the object detection device, and a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle based on an output of the GNSS receiver. If a predetermined condition is satisfied and the object identified by the identifying part is an object indicating a boundary of a low emission zone which requires that the internal combustion engine be stopped, the position estimating part is configured to judge whether the hybrid vehicle is located within the low emission zone, regardless of the output of the GNSS receiver, based on a result of identification by the identifying part.

Abstract: The control device of a vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for running use. The power output part is configured to determine a startup position of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle when the vehicle exits from a low emission zone requesting the internal combustion engine be stopped so that startup positions of internal combustion engines of a plurality of vehicles are dispersed at surroundings of the low emission zone.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes: an electric heater configured to heat a catalyst of an internal combustion engine; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in an exit area of a low emission zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted, the exit area being an area adjacent to a boundary of the low emission zone; and a heater control unit configured to turn on the electric heater when the position determination unit determines that the hybrid vehicle is located in the exit area.

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a driving plan preparing part preparing a driving plan setting one or more via-points on a projected route from a starting point to a destination to divide the projected route into a plurality of driving routes and divide the driving routes further into pluralities of driving sections and setting which driving mode of an EV mode or HV mode to drive over in each driving section and with a driving mode switching part switching the driving modes according to a driving plan. The driving plan preparing part is configured to be able to prepare a driving plan setting the driving modes of all driving sections in at least one driving route to the EV mode.

Abstract: A setting device including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to, when occurrence of a secondary disaster is predicted after occurrence of a disaster, set a region in which the secondary disaster is predicted to a charging-prohibited zone in which use of a charging facility for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is prohibited.

Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.

Abstract: The offer device includes a processor configured to offer candidate vehicles for reservation to a user through a user terminal, and determine a possibility of an area in which operation of an internal combustion engine is banned or restricted being included in a planned running route of the user. The processor is configured to determine an offer mode of the candidate vehicles for reservation based on the possibility.

Abstract: A ridesharing management system which enables a plurality of users using a ridesharing service to share a vehicle as passengers, wherein the vehicle is comprised of a hybrid vehicle, and a boundary is established between the inside of an engine restricted zone in which operation of an internal combustion engine is restricted and the outside of the engine restricted zone. It is predicted whether the SOC amount of the battery will become less than a setting value during travel in the engine restricted zone if traveling through a stop in the engine restricted zone and a stop outside the engine restricted zone due to a pick-up request or drop-off request from a user. A route order that does not result in the SOC amount of the battery becoming less than the setting value during travel in the engine restricted zone is suggested.

Abstract: An alarm device adapted for a hybrid vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor is disclosed. A restriction zone, in which the operation of the internal combustion engine should be restricted, is defined in advance within a zone in which the vehicle can move. An alarm is issued by an alarm device in response to determining that the SOC of a battery of a vehicle, which is about to enter the restriction zone, is lower than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor includes a zone in which the hybrid vehicle can move is divided in advance into a restriction zone in which the operation of the internal combustion engine should be restricted, and an allowable zone in which the operation of the internal combustion engine is permitted. A new route is computed if an SOC of a battery of the hybrid vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value while the hybrid vehicle is located within the restriction zone when the hybrid vehicle moves along a computed route, or if the SOC is predicted to be lower than the threshold value while the hybrid vehicle is located within the restriction zone when the hybrid vehicle is assumed to move along the computed route.

Abstract: The control device of a vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for running use. The power output part is configured to determine a startup position of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle when the vehicle exits from a low emission zone requesting the internal combustion engine be stopped so that startup positions of internal combustion engines of a plurality of vehicles are dispersed at surroundings of the low emission zone.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle, when a host vehicle is predicted to enter the inside of an engine drive restricted zone where operation of an internal combustion engine (20) is restricted, it is judged if congestion occurs or congestion is predicted as occurring in at least one of a running route leading to the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and a running route at the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.

Abstract: The control device of a hybrid vehicle for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle using the vehicle position detection device, a reliability calculating part configured to calculate a reliability of position information of the hybrid vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for driving use. The power output part is configured to reduce the output of the internal combustion engine when the reliability is equal to or less than a reference value, compared to when the reliability is higher than the reference value.

Abstract: The home position estimation system includes a GNSS receiver, an object detection device for detecting an object in surroundings of the hybrid vehicle, an identifying part configured to identify the object detected by the object detection device, and a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle based on an output of the GNSS receiver. If a predetermined condition is satisfied and the object identified by the identifying part is an object indicating a boundary of a low emission zone which requires that the internal combustion engine be stopped, the position estimating part is configured to judge whether the hybrid vehicle is located within the low emission zone, regardless of the output of the GNSS receiver, based on a result of identification by the identifying part.

Abstract: A vehicle drive route instruction system in a hybrid vehicle in which when it is judged that currently the vehicle is driving through the inside of the engine drive restriction zone where driving by the internal combustion engine is restricted, the internal combustion engine is made to stop operating, the electric motor is used to drive the vehicle, and the shortest route from the current position to the boundary of the inside of the engine drive restriction zone and the outside of the engine drive restriction zone is searched. When it is judged that the SOC amount will fall to the preset judgment standard when driving the vehicle through the searched shortest route from the current position to the boundary, an occupant of the vehicle is given information to guide the vehicle from the current position through the searched shortest route to the boundary.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: an electric motor; a storage battery configured to supply electric power to the electric motor and be charged with electric power from an external power source; an internal combustion engine configured to rotate the electric motor; and a controller configured to perform an electric power generation control and a prohibition control, the internal combustion engine being prohibited in a case where the vehicle is positioned in a predetermined region, wherein the electric power stored in the storage battery is suppliable to an outside, and the controller is configured to permit driving of the internal combustion engine even in the predetermined region in a case where a supply of electric power is insufficient for an electric power demand in the predetermined region or in a case where the supply of the electric power is predicted to be insufficient for the electric power demand in the predetermined region.