Patent ID: 11904835
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:
a driving power source including an engine and an electric motor;
a battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor; and
a controller that controls the engine and the electric motor in accordance with a temperature of the battery, wherein:
in response to determining that a predetermined EV mode condition is satisfied, and a normal-temperature condition that the temperature of the battery is a threshold or more is satisfied, the controller controls the driving power source in an EV mode in which the electric motor is driven; and
in response to determining that the EV mode condition is satisfied, and a low-temperature condition that the temperature of the battery is less than the threshold is satisfied, the controller controls the driving power source so as to operate the electric motor in a predetermined state where electric current flows between the battery and the electric motor and so as to drive the engine such that the engine generates traveling power transmitted to a driving wheel.