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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Boris Blasinski, Gaimersheim, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes at least one drive axle which can be driven by means of a drive device, which has an accumulator, an electric machine coupled to the accumulator in order to exchange electric energy and an internal combustion engine which, when activated, mechanically drives the electric machine to generate electric energy. The hybrid vehicle also includes a control unit which controls both the electric machine and the internal combustion engine. The control unit is designed to operate the electric machine exclusively to start up the hybrid vehicle, until a threshold speed which allows the vehicle to be driven by the internal combustion engine is reached, and to control the operation of the electric machine and the internal combustion engine so that when the hybrid vehicle comes to a halt, the electric charge in the accumulator exceeds a predefinable comparison value, which is calculated such that the electric energy stored in the accumulator allows a start up of the hybrid vehicle by means of the electric machine up to the threshold speed.