Patent ID: 8909397

Claim:
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an electrical motor each as a travel source for the hybrid vehicle and including a power storage device supplying electric power to said electrical motor, said control apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality, other than a temperature-related abnormality, of said power storage device; a vehicle control unit configured to control said hybrid vehicle such that said power storage device is electrically disconnected from an electrical load including said electrical motor and said hybrid vehicle travels using said internal combustion engine as said travel source instead of said electrical motor, when said detection unit detects the abnormality; and an inhibition unit configured to inhibit said hybrid vehicle from traveling using said internal combustion engine by shutting down said internal combustion engine, when a temperature-related abnormality of said power storage device is detected while said hybrid vehicle is traveling using said internal combustion engine instead of said electrical motor.