Patent ID: 9266525
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle comprising: an engine; a power storage device storing electric power generated by operating said engine; and a control device controlling said engine, when said engine is started by a driver's operation of an accelerator pedal as a factor different from a reduction in the remaining capacity of said power storage device in the state where the remaining capacity of said power storage device is smaller than said first threshold value, said control device forbidding said engine to stop to charge said power storage device until the remaining capacity of said power storage device increases to a second threshold value which is larger than said first threshold value, and when said engine is started by the driver's operation of the accelerator pedal as the factor different from the reduction in the remaining capacity of said power storage device in the state where the remaining capacity of said power storage device is larger than said first threshold value, said control device allowing said engine to stop in the state where the remaining capacity of said power storage device is smaller than said second threshold value.