Patent ID: 7216943

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle comprising: a first generator-motor connected to an output shaft of an engine that generates a driving force of the vehicle and also connected to either one of a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels of the vehicle through the intermediary of a transmission so as to be capable of imparting torque to one of the pairs of wheels through the intermediary of the transmission; a second generator-motor connected to the other pair of wheels of the vehicle through the intermediary of a rotation transmitting means that has a higher torque transmission efficiency than at least the transmission so as to be capable of imparting torque to the other pair of wheels through the intermediary of the rotation transmitting means; target deceleration force setting means for setting a target deceleration force of the vehicle when the vehicle decelerates; second permissible maximum braking torque setting means for setting a second permissible maximum braking torque as a permissible maximum value of braking torque to be applied to the other pair of wheels from the second generator-motor; a target braking torque determining means for determining a target decelerating torque of the vehicle, that corresponds to the target deceleration force or the second permissible maximum braking torque, whichever is smaller, as a target braking torque to be imparted to the other pair of wheels from the second generator-motor, and for determining the target braking torque by taking a remaining torque, which is obtained by subtracting a target braking torque related to the second generator-motor from the target deceleration torque, has an upper limit of a target braking torque to be imparted to the one pair of wheels from the first generator-motor, and control means for making the generator-motors perform regenerative operations such that the determined target braking torques are imparted to corresponding wheels from the respective generator-motors.