Patent ID: 9205827
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B60K,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle on which an engine and an electric motor coupled to said engine are mounted, comprising: a control unit selecting, in accordance with operation by a driver, either one of a first mode in which a shift range can be manually changed through the operation by the driver and a rotation speed of said engine is controlled in accordance with a selected shift range and a second mode in which the rotation speed of said engine is controlled so as to reduce an amount of fuel consumption as compared with that in said first mode, and increasing the rotation speed of said engine during deceleration when said first mode is selected, as compared with when said second mode is selected; and a recommendation unit recommending the driver to make a change from said first mode to said second mode when said first mode is selected; wherein a braking apparatus other than the engine and the electric motor decelerating said vehicle is further mounted on said vehicle, and said recommendation unit restricts recommendation to make the change from said first mode to said second mode, when said braking apparatus is abnormal.