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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyasu Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Saga, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a motor, a clutch and an air conditioner, the engine and the motor being connected to each other via the clutch, the air conditioner having a compressor driven by the engine, has a controller. The hybrid vehicle has an EV mode in which the engine is disconnected from the motor by release of the clutch, and an HEV mode in which the engine rotates together with the motor by engagement of the clutch. The controller is configured to execute a diagnosis of whether the clutch is in a released state during selection of the EV mode. When the HEV mode is selected in response to an operation request for the air conditioner, the controller temporality switches the running mode to the EV mode based on a running history of the hybrid vehicle in a stop state of the hybrid vehicle.