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Hybrid Vehicle and Control Method Thereof

  • US 20090024262A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2006
  • Published: 01/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:

  • an internal combustion engine as a first power source;

    an electric motor as a second power source which drives front wheels and rear wheels independently from each other;

    an EV switch which, when turned on by an occupant of the vehicle, places the vehicle in an EV driving mode in which only the electric motor is used as the power source; and

    a four-wheel drive condition setting device which sets a four-wheel drive condition, which is a condition for switching from two-wheel drive in which one set of wheels, from among the front wheels and the rear wheels, is driven to four-wheel drive in which both the front wheels and the rear wheels are driven, to reduce a region in which the vehicle operates in four-wheel drive when the EV switch is on as compared to when the EV switch is off.

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