Patent ID: 8548662

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle, comprising: a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism, an electric motor connected to the first transmission mechanism, an internal combustion engine, an output shaft of said internal combustion engine capable of engaging with a first input shaft of said first transmission mechanism and a second input shaft of said second transmission mechanism, a motor control unit configured to execute decelerating regeneration by the electric motor during a braking request of a driver, and a transmission control unit configured to control a shift range, wherein when said motor control unit executes the decelerating regeneration in response to the braking request of the driver while a predetermined shift range attained by the first transmission mechanism is selected, and (i) when a braking request amount of the braking request is decreased by a predetermined amount, the transmission control unit decides a shift-down and change a shift range to a shift range on a lower-speed side than the predetermined shift range, which is attained by the first transmission mechanism, and ii) when the braking request amount is not decreased, the transmission control unit maintains the predetermined shift range.