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Control device for hybrid vehicle and control method for hybrid vehicle

  • US 10,562,395 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2017
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine, an electric motor configured to generate a driving force for the hybrid vehicle and an electric power storage device configured to be charged by a power source outside the hybrid vehicle and to supply electric power to the electric motor, the control device comprising:

  • a processor programmed to;

    acquire a plurality of pieces of vehicle information regarding vehicles that are different from the hybrid vehicle and that are configured to be externally charged, the vehicle information including information related to a destination of each vehicle;

    make a determination whether or not the hybrid vehicle is to be externally charged at the destination based on at least one piece of vehicle information among the plurality of pieces of the vehicle information acquired, the at least one piece of the vehicle information being information regarding a same-destination vehicle that has the same destination as the hybrid vehicle but that has not yet reached the same destination; and

    control the hybrid vehicle in accordance with a result of the determination.

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