Patent ID: 7845444

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle having a first transmission passage for transmitting driving of an engine to driving wheels and a second transmission passage for transmitting driving force of a driving motor to the driving wheels, and driven by selectively using or in combination of the first transmission passage and the second transmission passage based at least on a vehicle speed wherein a first reduction gear ratio of the first transmission passage is set to be a fixed value which is lower than a reduction gear ratio at which the maximum vehicle speed of the vehicle is achieved by the driving force of the engine alone so that the maximum vehicle speed is not achieved by the driving force of the engine alone, and the maximum vehicle speed is achieved by the second transmission passage which a reduction gear ratio is fixed at a second reduction gear ratio, the hybrid vehicle comprising: a first input gear for inputting the driving force of the engine; a second input gear for inputting the driving force of the driving motor; and an idle gear meshed with the first input gear and the second input gear, and transmitting at least one of the driving force of the engine and the driving force of the driving motor toward the driving wheels, wherein the driving force to be input from at least one of the first input gear and the second input gear is transmitted to the driving wheels via the idle gear and the final differential gears.