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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Junya Tsuneishi, Saitama, JP;
Atsushi Izumiura, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle is equipped with a required driving force acquiring elementwhich obtains a required driving force necessary to be output, and an electric motor driving force acquiring elementwhich acquires a maximum electric motor driving force Tm capable of being output by the force output from an electric motor MG according to each speed stage, taking into consideration a remaining capacity of an electric storage device BATT. When the required driving force Tq is equal to or smaller than the maximum electric motor driving force Tm, a highest speed stage in which the electric motor MG is capable of outputting the required driving force Tq is determined, an automatic transmissionis controlled so that the determined speed stage is set, and the vehicle is made to travel only by the force of the electric motor MG.