HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A hybrid vehicle (10) includes an engine (18); a motor (24; 88), a catalyst (38) used to purify exhaust gas of the engine, and an ECU (32) configured to control the engine and the motor according to an output request of the hybrid vehicle, execute a target engine output keeping control for controlling an engine output such that the, target engine output keeps at a predetermined value during warm- up of the catalyst, and set an engine speed to a first engine speed when the target engine output keeping control is executed, the first engine speed being lower than a lower limit engine speed at which the engine is operated without executing the target engine output keeping control.