Patent ID: 9028366
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,B60Y,F01N,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle in which at least two shift ranges can be selected for a single running direction, comprising: an internal combustion engine; a rotating electric machine coupled to a driving wheel of said vehicle, the rotating electric machine producing driving force for causing said vehicle to run, and being capable of generating electric power by rotary force of said driving wheel; a warming-up device configured to raise a temperature of a catalyst for cleaning up an exhaust gas from said internal combustion engine; and a control device for controlling said warming-up device, while said vehicle is running, if a predetermined condition that said internal combustion engine is stopped and, of said two shift ranges, a shift range where larger decelerating force is produced by regenerative braking of said rotating electric machine has been selected is met, said control device causing said warming-up device to start raising the temperature of said catalyst using generated electric power by said rotating electric machine when the temperature of said catalyst falls below a predetermined first threshold value, and to stop raising the temperature of said catalyst in response to arrival of the temperature of said catalyst at a second threshold value which is higher than said first threshold value, if the predetermined condition is not met, said control device causing said warming-up device to stop raising the temperature of said catalyst in response to arrival of the temperature of said catalyst at said first threshold value.