Patent ID: 8718847

Claim:
A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle having at least one of an internal combustion engine and a rotating electric machine as a motive power source comprising: a main power supply connected to said rotating electric machine capable of sending/receiving electric power to/from said rotating electric machine; a plurality of sub-power supplies capable of sending/receiving electric power to/from said rotating electric machine; a switching device provided between said plurality of sub-power supplies and said rotating electric machine and configured to be able to connect any one of said plurality of sub-power supplies to said rotating electric machine in accordance with a given command; a switching control portion controlling said switching device; and a driving control portion executing either driving control of hybrid driving control in which said hybrid vehicle is driven with motive power of at least one of said internal combustion engine and said rotating electric machine and or electric driving control in which said hybrid vehicle is driven with motive power of said rotating electric machine without using said internal combustion engine, wherein said switching control portion controls said switching device such that the number of said sub-power supplies connected to said rotating electric machine is smaller during said hybrid driving control than during said electric driving control.