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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Joon Young Park, Seoul, KR;
Sung Hoon Yu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jea Mun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jung Min Cha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji Hoon Kang, Seoul, KR;
Sung Deok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A hybrid electric vehicle and a driving mode control method are provided to prevent overheating of an electric motor. The hybrid electric vehicle is chargeable using external power. The method includes collecting forward driving information when a state of charge of a battery is equal to or greater than a first value and calculating a driving load for each section based on the forward driving information. A risk of overheating of an electric motor is predicted using the calculated driving load. The vehicle is driven in a first mode using drive power of an engine in a section in which the predicted risk of overheating is greater than a second value and in a second mode using drive power of the electric motor in a section in which the predicted risk of overheating is equal to or less than a preset value.