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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Joon Young Park, Seoul, KR;
Yeon Bok Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A hybrid electric vehicle which may maximize a driving distance in an engine clutch failure situation and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The method of controlling the hybrid electric vehicle provided with an engine clutch installed between a first motor and an engine includes, in response to a determination that failure of the engine clutch occurs, determining a state of the engine clutch just prior to the failure, in response to a determination that the state of the engine clutch just prior to the failure is an open state, driving the first motor alone, and in response to a determination that the state of the engine clutch just prior to the failure is not the open state, starting the engine.