Patent ID: 7146958
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which includes an internal-combustion engine and a motor as a power source, and a power storage unit which transfers electric energy between it and the motor, and connects at least one of said internal-combustion engine and said motor to driving wheels of the vehicle through a transmission so as to transmit a driving force to said driving wheels, comprising: a fuel supply canceling device which automatically cancels fuel supply to said internal-combustion engine according to an operating state of the vehicle; a starting state determining device which determines, when starting said internal-combustion engine, whether or not it is restart of said internal-combustion engine in which fuel supply is restarted from a fuel supply canceling state by said fuel supply canceling device; and a fuel supply start timing setting device which sets a timing to start fuel supply to said internal-combustion engine based on a determination by said starting state determining device, a traveling state of the vehicle, and a state of charge of said power storage unit.