Patent ID: 6966867

Claim:
A control device for hybrid vehicles, comprising: a motor drivingly connected to an engine, a transmission that transmits output torques of the engine and the motor to drive wheels; and a controller that performs torque reduction control by which an input torque to the transmission is reduced, wherein when torque reduction control is consecutively performed, the input torque is reduced at least once by a negative torque output from the motor, wherein the controller: judges a presence and an absence of a coast condition, in which the vehicle is caused to perform an inertial running, when the vehicle is running; judges whether there is a speed-change with the transmission; and performs, by the negative torque output from the motor, at least one of a first engine-torque inhibitory control at a start of driving of the engine to respond to a judgment of a coast condition and a second engine-torque inhibitory control at a time of the speed-change after the start of driving of the engine to respond to a detection of a beginning of the speed-change performed.