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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Joon Young Park, Seoul, KR;
Jea Mun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jung Min Cha, Incheon, KR;
Sung Deok Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling a mode change in a hybrid vehicle for performing a driving-mode change related to a change in the amount of charge of a battery in consideration of catalyst warmup of an engine includes activating adaptive mode change control between a first mode and a second mode, determining whether or not catalyst heating or engine warmup is performed in advance, setting a mode change reference depending on a result of the determining, and performing the adaptive mode change control depending on the set mode change reference.