Patent ID: 9073536
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60K,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A hybrid vehicle provided with an EV mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs without using an engine and a HV mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs using a combination of the engine and a motor, the hybrid vehicle comprising a controller configured to set an output upper limit for the motor and configured to adjust an output of the motor to the output upper limit or less in accordance with a vehicle speed and an accelerator position, wherein, during running in the EV mode, the controller is configured to: set an increase of the accelerator position from a first accelerator position to a switching accelerator position, at which a switch to the HV mode is to be made, as a first increase when the output of the motor has reached the output upper limit at the first accelerator position; and set an increase of the accelerator position from a second accelerator position to the switching accelerator position, at which the switch to the HV mode is to be made, as a second increase when the output of the motor has reached the output upper limit at the second accelerator position which is larger than the first accelerator position, the second increase being smaller than the first increase.