CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

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CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18783665 titled 'CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Original Abstract Submitted

A control device is applied to a hybrid electric vehicle in which an internal combustion engine and a motor generator are provided as a prime mover, and the high-voltage battery is charged using the power of the internal combustion engine and the autonomous operation is performed. The control device executes a process of setting the idle rotation speed of the internal combustion engine while the vehicle is running during the execution of the automatic driving to be higher than the idle rotation speed during the vehicle running during the non-execution of the automatic driving.