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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hadano, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Soichiro Shimura, Numazu, JP;
Yoichiro Isami, Susono, JP;
Takuya Hirata, Susono, JP;
Shogo Sakatani, Susono, JP;
Taiga Hagimoto, Mishima, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to start an engine promptly during propulsion in an electric vehicle mode. Electric power generation resulting from cranking the engine by a first motor is greater in the first electric vehicle mode compared to a second electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to determines whether an acceptable input power to an electric storage unit is smaller than a threshold value. If the acceptable input power to the electric storage unit is smaller than the threshold value, selection of the first electric vehicle mode is inhibited.