VEHICLE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A hybrid vehicle (20) judges whether a travel state of a hybrid vehicle (20) is an economical travel state by using a travel state judgment map upon ECO mode having a tendency that the travel state when an ECO switch (88) is ON is not considered as an economical travel state as compared to the normal travel state judging map used during the OFF state of the ECO switch (88) (step S140).The judgment result is displayed on a meter display unit (90) so that a driver can know whether the travel is in the economical travel state by ON or OFF of an ECO mark (95) (step S180).