APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE
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A vehicle incorporates an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a battery charged with electric power supplied from an external power supply, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from the battery. An ECU causes at least one of the engine-related component and the battery to be heated, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with a distance over which the vehicle can run by driving the electric motor alone and a distance to a destination.
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4. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle having an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a power storage device adapted to be charged with electric power supplied from outside, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from said power storage device, comprising
a control unit that causes at least one of said engine-related component and said power storage device to be heated, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with a distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and a distance to a destination, said control unit determining, with respect to said engine-related component and said power storage device, whether heating is to be performed or not in accordance with a running pattern to the destination, in addition to the distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and the distance to the destination.
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7. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle having an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a power storage device adapted to be charged with electric power supplied from outside, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from said power storage device, comprising
a control unit that causes at least one of said engine-related component and said power storage device to be heated, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with a distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and a distance to a destination, said control unit determining whether said power storage device is to be heated or not in accordance with electric power consumed for heating said power storage device and an amount of increase in regenerative electric power obtained by heating said power storage device, in addition to the distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and the distance to the destination.
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9. A method for controlling a vehicle having an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a power storage device adapted to be charged with electric power supplied from outside, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from said power storage device, comprising the steps of:
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comparing a distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and a distance to a destination; and heating at least one of said engine-related component and said power storage device, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with a running pattern to the destination, in addition to the distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and the distance to the destination.
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10. A method for controlling a vehicle having an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a power storage device adapted to be charged with electric power supplied from outside, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from said power storage device, comprising the steps of:
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comparing a distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and a distance to a destination; and heating at least one of said engine-related component and said power storage device, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with electric power consumed for heating said power storage device and an amount of increase in regenerative electric power obtained by heating said power storage device, in addition to the distance over which said vehicle can run by driving said electric motor alone and the distance to the destination.
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