Patent ID: 7783396

Claim:
A hybrid cruising control system, comprising: an electric power storage device; an electric motor; an electric power generator; an engine; and braking means; wherein, a motor vehicle is driven by said motor alone or by using said engine and said motor, the vehicle being braked by regenerative braking with said motor alone or by combining said braking means and regenerative braking with said motor; said electric power storage device has a function which supplies electric power to said motor, and a function which stores, in addition to electric power which said engine has generated by driving said electric power generator, regenerative electric power generated by said motor during braking; means for generating a cruising pattern is provided for calculating an output of said engine and a control state of said braking means by using route information and historical records of cruising; said electric power storage device is controlled such that at least one or more states thereof will stay within a required range; and the means for generating a cruising pattern predicts a charge level and temperature as states of said electric power storage device.