Patent ID: 8620507
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F02D,H02K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A hybrid vehicle driven by a power unit comprising: a first rotating machine comprising: a power engine, wherein an output shaft of the power engine is connected to the other of the first rotor; a second rotating machine configured to exchange a motive power with the drive shaft and to exchange an electric power with the first rotating machine; and a capacitor configured to exchange an electric power between the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine, wherein a traveling mode of the hybrid vehicle comprises an EV traveling mode and an ENG traveling mode, wherein the hybrid vehicle travels with a motive power from at least one of the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine in the EV traveling mode, and the hybrid vehicle travels with a motive power from the power engine in ENG traveling mode, wherein the hybrid vehicle comprises: an EV traveling mode predicting unit that predicts a switching from the ENG traveling mode to the EV traveling mode; and a controller that controls a remaining capacity of the capacitor in accordance with prediction result obtained by the EV traveling mode predicting unit so as to change a target value of the remaining capacity.