HYBRID VEHICLE

摘要

The purpose of the present invention is to allow an engine to start up while minimizing the degradation of an electricity storage means, and thereby achieve both the protection of the electricity storage means and an improvement in engine startability. A hybrid vehicle provided with: a state-of-charge calculating means that calculates the state of charge of an electricity storage means; a standard switching means that turns a contactor off if the state of charge calculated by the state-of-charge calculating means is lower than a standard lower-limit value; and an engine-startup switching means that keeps the contactor on if an engine-startup signal has been input, even in cases where the state of charge calculated by the state-of-charge calculating means has a value that would cause the contactor to be turned off. The present invention is characterized in that the engine-startup switching means executes the turn-on operation of the contactor in cases where the state of charge calculated by the state-of-charge calculating means is higher than an engine-startup lower-limit value that has been set to a value that is smaller than the standard lower-limit value by a predetermined value.