Patent ID: 9221457
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F02D,F02N,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine driven by supply of fuel from a fuel tank; a motor driving drive wheels of the vehicle by supply of electric power at least from a battery; a fuel consumption estimation section configured to estimate an interval of time required until a time at which the supply of fuel is to be carried out or at which a fuel quantity becomes zero with a present time as a starting point; a fuel deterioration estimation section configured to estimate an interval of time required until a time at which fuel is deteriorated with the present time as the starting point; and a fuel deterioration suppression control section configured to switch to a fuel consumption promotion mode in a case where the time at which the supply of fuel is to be carried out or at which the fuel quantity becomes zero is after the time at which fuel is deteriorated, wherein the fuel consumption estimation section is configured to learn and store an average travel distance of a driver per day, a frequency of the driver getting in the vehicle, and a charge pattern history from an external charge installation and to estimate the interval of time required until the time at which the supply of fuel is to be carried out or at which the fuel quantity becomes zero from the present time, according to an estimated motor travelable distance after the battery is charged through an external charge installation and an estimated fuel consumption rate value.