Patent ID: 7438664

Claim:
A control apparatus for a vehicle incorporating an internal combustion engine and a motor that are capable of transmitting motive power to an axle, comprising: first output distribution controlling means for controlling motive power output distribution between said internal combustion engine and said motor with respect to a total required output in accordance with an operation state of said vehicle; temperature determining means for determining whether a temperature of fuel injection means directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of said internal combustion engine exceeds a prescribed determination temperature; operation range determining means for determining whether an operation point of said internal combustion engine is inside a prescribed range in which risk of deposit accumulation in said fuel injection means is high; operation range changing means for changing said operation point to outside said prescribed range when the temperature of said fuel injection means exceeds said prescribed determination temperature and the operation point of said internal combustion engine is inside said prescribed range; and second output distribution controlling means for modifying said motive power output distribution determined by said first output distribution controlling means so that an output from said motor is changed to compensate for an output change of said internal combustion engine associated with the change of said operation point by said operation range changing means.