Patent ID: 6849026

Claim:
In a control apparatus for an automobile having a gearbox, comprising: a starting clutch which provides a first torque transmitting route between an engine and an input shaft; plural gear trains for providing a second torque transmitting route between said input shaft and an output shaft; plural dog clutches for changing over said first and second torque transmitting routes by selectively engaging/releasing, respectively, said plural gear trains; a second clutch provided on said plural gear trains, for further providing said first and second torque transmitting routes and for further adjusting a transmitting torque according to a pressing force; and a rotary electric unit to enable a torque to be transmitted to said input shaft, wherein with the automobile stopped, said plural dog clutches are in a neutral state, said starting clutch is engaged, an engine torque is transmitted to said rotary electric unit, and power generation is carried out; with said automobile in a started mode said second clutch is controlled to transmit at least one torque of said engine or said rotary electric unit to said output shaft, a rotation synchronization being carried out between said input shaft and said output shaft thereafter, and the automobile is started by engaging said dog clutch.