Patent ID: 8282527

Claim:
A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle having a first clutch which is arranged between an engine and a motor/generator and is in a disengaged state by being supplied with a hydraulic fluid and a second clutch which is arranged between the motor/generator and driving wheels and is in an engaged state by being supplied with the hydraulic fluid, the control apparatus comprising: a line pressure controller that controls a line pressure of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the first and second clutches; and a drive mode controller that changes a drive mode between an HEV mode in which the first clutch is engaged and the vehicle travels with the engine and the motor/generator being a power source and an EV mode in which the first clutch is disengaged and the vehicle travels with only the motor/generator being the power source, and the line pressure controller setting the line pressure in the HEV mode to a pressure level required for the engagement of the second clutch and setting the line pressure in the EV mode to a higher line pressure than the line pressure in the HEV mode.