MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617075591 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha on June 18, 2026, for Electric Vehicle And Program For Controlling Electric Vehicle.
Inventors include Isami, Yoichiro; Imamura, Tatsuya; Mizutani, Kenji; Okada, Tsuyoshi; Yamamuro, Naoki; and Yuasa, Ryohei Number.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle capable of reproducing a gear shift operation of a manual transmission type internal-combustion engine vehicle. The electric vehicle comprises an accelerator pedal and a pseudo-sequential shifter. The pseudo- sequential shifter simulates a sequential shifter used for the gear shift operation of a manual transmission type internal-combustion engine vehicle. The electric vehicle executes a manual mode in response to a selection by a driver. In the manual mode, the operation of the pseudo-sequential shifter is associated with a virtual shift position, which is a shift position that is virtual. Also, in the manual mode, the opening degree of an accelerator pedal, the virtual shift position, and the vehicle speed of the electric vehicle are associated with the torque of an electric motor. The electric vehicle automatically upshifts the virtual shift position in accordance with the vehicle speed of the electric vehicle when the steering angle of a steering wheel becomes a predetermined angle or more during the execution of the manual mode.
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