Patent ID: 8376904

Claim:
A motor vehicle with a hybrid drive ( 1 ) comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, either an automatic or an automated transmission ( 2 ) connected between the hybrid drive ( 1 ) and a drive output ( 3 ), a control unit ( 5 ) for controlling the hybrid drive ( 1 ) and the transmission ( 2 ), a driver-operated element ( 4 ) with which, via the control unit ( 5 ), operation of the hybrid drive ( 1 ) and the transmission ( 2 ) being influenced, the driver-operated element ( 4 ) having several conditions selectable by a driver by which either one of a number of driving ranges or one of several groups of gears are associated for the operation of the transmission, the driver-operated element ( 4 ) having at least one condition being selectable by the driver with which, alternatively to or in addition to a driving range or group of gears, a hybrid function mode is associated, the driver-operated element ( 4 ) having at least one condition that is selectable by the driver which is associated both with the driving range or the group of gears and with the hybrid function mode, and the at least one condition is a driving range reduced in comparison with a drive driving range (D), if, after being actuated, the driver-operated element ( 4 ) assuming a condition associated both with the driving range or the group of gears and with the hybrid function mode, then the hybrid function mode being activated by taking into account a time sequence of the conditions assumed by the driver-operated element ( 4 ), and if, after being actuated, the driver-operated element ( 4 ) assuming, on a sustained basis, a condition associated both with the driving range or the group of gears and with the hybrid function mode, then the hybrid function mode is prevented from being activated and instead the drive range, reduced in comparison with the drive driving range (D), being activated.