Patent ID: 9296384
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,F02D,F02N,F02P,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a rotary electric machine that generates driving force for the vehicle; and a control unit that controls the internal combustion engine on the basis of a state of the vehicle, wherein when the internal combustion engine is started in response to a request for the driving force, the control unit is programmed to control the internal combustion engine such that ignition timing of the internal combustion engine while a first mode is selected is later than the ignition timing while a second mode is selected, and the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine at a first engine temperature while one of the first mode and the second mode is selected differs from the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine at a second temperature while the one of the first mode and the second mode is selected, and the vehicle is more likely to be driven using the rotary electric machine in a state where the internal combustion engine is stopped in the first mode than in the second mode.