A hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine ; a motor generator connected with at least one of the internal combustion engine and a drive wheel ; an electric storage device electrically connected with the motor generator ; and a control device configured to set a control mode of an electric storage level of the electric storage device , to one of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode, wherein the control device is configured to expand a permissible fluctuation band of the electric storage level of the electric storage device during the charge sustaining mode, when the control device is performing a first switching control, compared to when the control device is performing a second switching control, the first switching control being a control in which the control device automatically performs switching between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, at least partly based on a predicted load on a planned traveling route for the hybrid vehicle , the second switching control being a control in which the control device automatically performs switching between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode based on the SOC without using a predicted load on a planned traveling route for the hybrid vehicle , characterised in that the control device is configured to stop the internal combustion engine when a required power decreases to less than a stop threshold during operation of the internal combustion engine , wherein the control device is configured to expand a permissible increase band of the electric storage level during the charge sustaining mode by decreasing the stop threshold when the control device is performing the first switching control and the internal combustion engine is operating, compared to when the control device is performing the second switching control. an internal combustion engine ; a motor generator connected with at least one of the internal combustion engine and a drive wheel ; an electric storage device electrically connected with the motor generator ; and a control device configured to set a control mode of an electric storage level of the electric storage device , to one of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode, wherein the control device is configured to expand a permissible fluctuation band of the electric storage level of the electric storage device during the charge sustaining mode, when the control device is performing a first switching control, compared to when the control device is performing a second switching control, the first switching control being a control in which the control device automatically performs switching between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, at least partly based on a predicted load on a planned traveling route for the hybrid vehicle , the second switching control being a control in which the control device automatically performs switching between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode based on the SOC without using a predicted load on a planned traveling route for the hybrid vehicle , characterised in that the control device is configured to stop the internal combustion engine when a required power decreases to less than a stop threshold during operation of the internal combustion engine , wherein the control device is configured to expand a permissible increase band of the electric storage level during the charge sustaining mode by decreasing the stop threshold when the control device is performing the first switching control and the internal combustion engine is operating, compared to when the control device is performing the second switching control. <EOS>