Patent ID: 7727109

Claim:
A vehicular drive control apparatus comprising: an electric differential portion that functions as an electric differential device and which has i) a differential mechanism that distributes output from an engine to a first electric motor and a transmitting member, and ii) a second electric motor that is connected to the transmitting member; an apparatus having a function of interrupting the transmission of power along a power transmitting path from the transmitting member to a driving wheel; an apply device that selectively transmits drive torque of the transmitting member to the driving wheel; a shift operation executing device which is shifted between a non-drive position or non-drive range that places the power transmitting path in a power transmission-interrupted state and a drive position or drive range that places the power transmitting path in a power transmittable state; and a transmitting member rotation speed controlling portion which, when the shift operation executing device is shifted from the non-drive position or non-drive range into the drive position or drive range, controls the rotation speed of the transmitting member such that a predetermined rotation speed difference or predetermined rotation speed ratio is obtained between the rotation speed of the transmitting member before the apply device is applied and the rotation speed of the transmitting member after the apply device has been applied.