Patent ID: 6059064
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60T,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle which has a plurality of prime movers individually controlled for running a vehicle, and a brake unit acting for running and stopping the vehicle, comprising:brake detecting means for detecting that the braking of the vehicle is executed by said brake unit, when the vehicle is run by one of said prime movers;vehicle speed detecting means for detecting the vehicle speed after the braking by said brake unit;decide means for deciding whether or not the actual vehicle behavior corresponds to that achieved by the braking, on the basis of the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detecting means; andassist control means for controlling another of said prime movers so as to increase or decrease its output, when said decide means decides that the behavior of the vehicle does not correspond to the detected activation of the brake unit, to achieve a behavior of the vehicle consistent with activating said brake unit.