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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle configured so that "an electrical driving range displayed when starting operation immediately after completion of external charging" does not largely decrease when an energy storage device is normal.SOLUTION: In a hybrid vehicle 10 capable of performing electric traveling using only output of a second motor generator MG2, a display control part calculates an electrical driving range for display that increases proportional to "an electrical driving range determined on the basis of an electrically travelable remaining capacity and an electric cost corresponding value" and decreases with the increase of "a capacity when fully charged" on the basis of a battery remaining capacity suppliable from an energy storage device to the second motor generator MG2 for electric traveling, the electric cost corresponding value that is a value corresponding to a driving range of the vehicle per unit amount of the battery remaining capacity, and the capacity of the battery when fully charged. The display control part displays the electrical driving range for display on a driving range display.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfy both of power performance and energy-saving, in an engine start during travel of HEV.SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle can travel by either of electric travel using only output of a second power generating electric motor MG2 and hybrid travel using output of the second power generating electric motor MG2 and an internal combustion engine 20. After a battery 64 is externally charged by use of a charger 102, the vehicle performs electric travel in an EV mode. At that time, if vehicle required power becomes an engine start power threshold or more and if vehicle speed becomes an engine start vehicle speed threshold or more, the vehicle is shifted to a hybrid travel state. If the battery 64 is externally charged and thereafter the electric travel in the EV mode continues, the engine start vehicle speed threshold is set to a high side threshold. After the internal combustion engine 20 is started at least once during electric travel in the EV mode after external charging, the engine start vehicle speed threshold is set to a low side threshold lower than a high side threshold.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a vehicle that can quickly warm-up the catalyst and quickly complete warming-up the catalyst, while outputting desired driving force from the engine.SOLUTION: There is provided the drive device of the vehicle. The drive device controls the engine to execute the catalyst warming-up operation when the driving force demanded by a user is equal to or less than the total of a driving force of the engine under the catalyst warming-up operation and the maximum permissible output of the capacitor, interrupts the operation for catalyst warming-up and switches to operation for traveling, when the driving force demanded by a user is larger than the total of a driving force of the engine under the catalyst warming-up operation and the maximum permissible output of the capacitor, and raises the instructed driving force of the engine at a prescribed rate, when the user demanded driving force is satisfied by the total of the engine output under traveling operation and the maximum allowance output of the capacitor, and operation emphasized on power performance by user under the traveling operation of the engine.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce unnecessary energy consumption and to prevent abrupt start of a vehicle in a brake hold control releasing time in the vehicle wherein brake hold control is released based on the degree of an acceleration demand by a driver. SOLUTION: An ECU carries out a program including steps S102, S112, S114, and S200. In the step S102, a control accelerator opening used for output control of driving force as the control degree of the acceleration demand by the driver is set to 0 when it is under the brake hold control (S100: YES). In the step S112, if an actual accelerator opening as the actual degree of the acceleration demand by the driver is higher than a predetermined opening A (0) (S106: YES), it is determined that the acceleration demand is given by the driver. In the step S114, a brake hold control releasing instruction is outputted. In the step S200, the control accelerator opening is gradually converged to the actual accelerator opening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely estimate an EV driving range when an air conditioner is operated.SOLUTION: An electrical driving range display device calculates a travelable distance (reference travelable distance Dkijun) during air conditioner non-operation on the basis of electric costs during the air conditioner non-operation and a remaining capacity of a battery 64. A display device displays a reference travelable distance Dkijun on an EV driving range display 72 during the air conditioner non-operation. Furthermore, during air conditioner operation, a correction coefficient at the present time is calculated on the basis of "predetermined and stored specific relation between power consumption of an air conditioner and the correction coefficient" and "a value (main argument corresponding to the actual power consumption of the air conditioner at the present time). An electrical driving range for display is calculated by multiplying the reference travelable distance (Dkijun) by the calculated correction coefficient, and the electrical driving range for display is displayed on the EV driving range display 72.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress reduction of fuel economy of an internal combustion engine, in a plug-in hybrid system capable of performing battery charging amount increasing control.SOLUTION: In a plug-in hybrid system capable of performing battery charging amount increasing control for driving an electric generator by engine power during warming-up operation and charging electric power generated by the electric generator to a battery, performance of the battery charging amount increasing control during the warming-up operation is prohibited when a battery charging amount at a start time of warming-up operation is a first electric storage amount or more, when a battery charging amount at a completion time of warming-up operation when the battery charging amount increasing control has been performed during the warming-up operation is predicted to be a second electric storage amount or more, or when a battery electric storage amount at the completion time of warming-up operation when the battery charging amount increasing control has not been performed during the warming-up operation is predicted to be a third electric storage amount or more.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the occurrence of abnormal sound in a gear mechanism connected to a driving shaft and an electric motor in the case of performing the load operation of an internal combustion engine, and to self-operate the internal combustion engine in a more appropriate revolution in the case of self-operating the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: When conditions under which when an engine and two motors MG1 and MG2 are controlled, torque to be output by the motor connected through a gear mechanism is turned to be about a value 0 are established based on request torque Tr* requested for a driving shaft and a target power Pe* of the engine (S240), the load operation of the engine is performed at an operation point where the number of revolution and torque have been changed in the case of performing the load operation of the engine (S250, S260). On the other hand, in the case of performing the independent operation of the engine when the conditions are established (S250, S280), the independent operation of the engine is performed by the number of revolution (number of revolution N1 or the number of revolution N2) corresponding to the input restriction Win of a battery (S190, S290). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a remaining capacity central value at which significant deterioration of fuel economy and emission can be avoided, even if a mode change-over switch is operated during travel in an EV mode.SOLUTION: A vehicle can travel in either of an EV mode for traveling using only output of a second power generating electric motor MG2, an HV mode for traveling with output of an internal combustion engine 20 added further and making remaining capacity of a battery 64 approach a remaining capacity central value using the output of the internal combustion engine 20, or an HVS mode. After the battery is externally charged, the vehicle travels in the EV mode. At that time, if an EV switch 96 is changed into an off state, the vehicle travels in the HVS mode. If cooling water temperature is lower than a water temperature threshold when starting travel in the HVS mode, an upper limit value of the remaining capacity central value is set to a first value (high side value), and thereafter, if the cooling water temperature becomes higher than the water temperature threshold, an upper limit value of the remaining capacity central value in the HVS mode is set to a second value lower than the first value until a ready-off state is assumed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle drive device that raises emission during catalyst warm up of engine, and can suppress engine output to minimum even when catalyst warm-up driving of the engine is interrupted.SOLUTION: The vehicle drive device is the type to control the engine 120 to perform catalyst warm up operation during traveling. This driving device permits operation to warm up the catalyst of the engine 120, when the requested drive force Pus can be satisfied with the sum of the output Psd of the engine 120 operating for catalyst warm up, and the maximum allowance output Woutmax of a capacitor 220, and switches the engine 120 to operation for traveling without permitting catalyst warm up operation of the engine 120 when the requested drive force Pus cannot be satisfied with the sum of the output Psd of the engine 120 and the maximum allowance output Woutmax of the capacitor 220, and the requested drive force Pus is satisfied by the maximum allowance output Woutmax of the capacitor 220, and the output of the engine 120 of traveling operation.