HYBRID AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

A hybrid automobile, wherein a second power source operated with less frequency can be forcibly operated. The hybrid automobile comprises a storage battery as a first power source. The hybrid automobile further comprises an engine and a motor generator or a fuel cell as the second power source. When the hybrid automobile is run by the first power source, a driver can change over an operation mode to a running by the second power source by operating an input device. The hybrid automobile further comprises a notification means for prompting the driver to operate the input device when the non-operating time of the second power source exceeds a predetermined time or longer. Furthermore, the hybrid automobile comprise a control means which, when the remaining amount of energy of the second power source is less than a predetermined amount, stops the changeover of the operation mode from a running by the first power source to the running by the second power source.