Patent ID: 8843262

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor coupled to an output shaft of said internal combustion engine; a control unit that suspends ignition and supply of fuel to said internal combustion engine, and that thereafter causes rotation of the output shaft of said internal combustion engine by driving said electric motor with the suspension of the ignition and supply of fuel being maintained when a temperature of coolant of said internal combustion engine is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and wherein said control unit controls said internal combustion engine in one of a first mode and a second mode in which a chance of operation of said internal combustion engine is restricted as compared with said first mode, and in said second mode, said control unit causes rotation of the output shaft of said internal combustion engine by driving said electric motor when the temperature of the coolant of said internal combustion engine is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value after suspending the ignition and supply of fuel to said internal combustion engine.