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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hidehiko Banshoya, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;
Haruhisa Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Atsushi Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Kiyonori Takagi, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to, when the drive mode is changed from one of the series-parallel mode and the parallel mode to the other one of the series-parallel mode and the parallel mode and the speed stage is changed from one of the low speed stage and the high speed stage to the other one of the low speed stage and the high speed stage, selectively execute either one of a first control and a second control. The first control is control in which the drive mode and the speed stage are changed by passing through the series mode. The second control is control in which one of the drive mode and the speed stage is changed and then the other one of the drive mode and the speed stage is changed without passing through the series mode.