Patent ID: 9067588
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B60K,B60W,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a rotary electrical machine configured to generate a drive force for the vehicle; an internal combustion engine configured to generate the drive force for the vehicle; a power storage device configured to supply electric power to the rotary electrical machine; and an electronic control unit configured to control the rotary electrical machine and the internal combustion engine in any one driving mode out of a plurality of driving modes, the plurality of driving modes including a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which the vehicle travels using the electric power of the power storage device without sustaining a state of charge of the power storage device, and the second mode being a mode in which the vehicle travels while sustaining the state of charge of the power storage device, when conditions i) and ii) are satisfied, the electronic control unit being configured to control the internal combustion engine so as to delay starting of the internal combustion engine, which is based on a condition where a vehicle request power is greater than a start threshold value, than that in the second mode: i) a condition in which the driving mode is the first mode; and ii) a condition in which the vehicle request power requested to the vehicle is greater than the start threshold value, wherein the start threshold value is a value with which the internal combustion engine in a stopped state is started.