OPERATING METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide and operation method for an automobile in a start/stop mode having at least an automatic transmission and an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: During stop stage of the internal combustion engine, a system pressure in the automatic transmission is held to a sufficiently low level so as to load a clutch element and a brake element of the automatic transmission in prescribed positions and/or to hold them in the prescribed positions necessary for starting the automobile after at least, approximate stop stage.