Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Denso Corporation

Kengou Yamamoto

Takahiko Hirasawa

Yutaka Koyama

Junmin Cao

Shingo Takinai

There is provided a hybrid vehicle configured to control an engine, a first motor, a second motor and a third motor such as to be driven based on a required torque for driving. When the second motor is undrivable, the hybrid vehicle is configured to control the engine, the first motor and the third motor, such as to provide a higher state of charge of a battery than a state of charge of the battery provided when the second motor is drivable and such as to output a torque from the engine via a planetary gear to one pair of wheels accompanied with output of a torque from the first motor and output a torque from the third motor to the other pair of wheels.

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Kariya, Japan

Kengou Yamamoto