Patent ID: 8972135
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising: a drive source including at least an engine; a friction engagement element provided in a driving force transmission path from the drive source to a driving wheel, wherein the friction engagement element is engaged when a drive range is selected; and an engagement start judgment section that judges, in response to a condition, that the friction engagement element has started to be engaged, wherein the condition is a condition that a parameter has exceeded or become equal to a predetermined threshold value when in a start region of an engagement control of the friction engagement element, wherein the parameter changes along with a rotational fluctuation of the drive source; wherein the engagement start judgment section sets an absolute value of the predetermined threshold value larger when it is possible to judge that the rotational fluctuation of the drive source is large than when it is possible to judge that the rotational fluctuation of the drive source is small.