HYBRID AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

When a control device obtains from a car navigation device a planned travel distance from a current position of a vehicle up to a previously set electricity charging waypoint (S20), the device lowers, based on the obtained planned travel distance, upper/lower limits for controlling SOC of an electricity storage device as the vehicle nears the electricity charging waypoint (S30). Then, the control device controls SOC of the electricity storage device to within the set upper/lower limits (S40).