Patent ID: 8909401

Claim:
A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a first rotating electric machine for generating electric power using motive power of said internal combustion engine, a second rotating electric machine transmitting driving force to a wheel, and a plurality of gears coupling said internal combustion engine, said first rotating electric machine and said second rotating electric machine, comprising: a calculation unit for calculating a requested torque requested of said second rotating electric machine based on driving power requested of said vehicle; and a control unit for, after a first execution condition including a condition that said requested torque enters a first range is met, maintaining a torque command value for said second rotating electric machine within a second range, said first range being a range between a first threshold value and a second threshold value, and said second range being a range included in said first range and including zero; wherein after said first execution condition is met, said control unit determines said torque command value such that an absolute value of an amount of change in said torque command value is larger than an absolute value of an amount of change in said requested torque.