Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle

摘要

A vehicle includes a motor generator and an engine generating driving power for running, and an ECU for controlling the motor generator and the engine. If user request power and a vehicle speed are substantially constant when inertial running control is selected by a user, the ECU causes driving power variation operation to be performed on the motor generator and the engine in which the motor generator and the engine are switched between a low output state and a high output state. The vehicle runs with inertial force of the vehicle in the low output state. As a result, energy efficiency during vehicle running can be improved.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising:
a first driving source and a second driving source configured to generate driving power for running the vehicle; and a control device configured to control the first and second driving sources, the control device being configured to drive a vehicle and being configured to (1) execute a driving power variation operation on the first driving source such that the first driving source switches between a first state, where the first driving source generates driving power at a first level that is greater than zero, and a second state, where the first driving source generates driving power that is higher than the first level, and (2) execute a driving power variation operation on the second driving source such that the second driving source switches between a third state, where the second driving source generates driving power at a second level that is greater than zero, and a fourth state, where the second driving source generates driving power that is higher than the second level, and one of the first driving source and the second driving source is an engine, and the other of the first driving source and the second driving source is a rotating electric machine.