Patent ID: 9108634
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B60K,B60W,F02D,F02N,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle drive control device in a vehicle having an engine and an electric motor, the vehicle running with at least one of the engine and the electric motor used as a drive power source for running, the vehicle drive control device comprising: a motoring determining portion configured to determine whether a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed; and a motoring control portion configured to rotate the engine remaining in a no-drive state if the motoring determining portion determines that the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than the predetermined vehicle speed during vehicle running with the engine in the no-drive state, the motoring determining portion configured to set the predetermined vehicle speed higher when a gradient of a running road surface on which the vehicle is running becomes larger, the gradient having a positive direction corresponding to descent.