Patent ID: 8210293

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor used to drive a wheel; a chargeable and dischargeable electric power storage device supplying said electric motor with electric power; an electric power generation device receiving mechanical motive power from said internal combustion engine to generate electric power; an electric power input unit receiving electric power provided from external to the vehicle to charge said electric power storage device; and a control device controlling an amount charged from said electric power generation device to said electric power storage device to allow said electric power storage device to have an amount of a state, representing a state of charge of said electric power storage device, approaching a target control value, wherein said control device inquires of an occupant of the vehicle whether the occupant has an intention to go to a previously set charging location when the vehicle's current position has a distance of at most a predetermined value to said charging location, and said control device changes said target control value in accordance with an instruction of the occupant.