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Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle

  • US 6,335,574 B1
  • Filed: 08/23/2000
  • Issued: 01/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, which has an engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, a starter motor that starts the engine, and a power drive unit that drives the electric motor, the control apparatus comprising an engine start controller which starts the engine when an engine start is requested, wherein the engine start controller starts the engine using the electric motor if a temperature of the electric motor or the power drive unit is less than a predetermined value, and the engine start controller starts the engine using the starter motor if the temperature of the electric motor or the power drive unit is no less than the predetermined value.

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