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Vehicle and vehicle control method

  • US 9,296,384 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2012
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • an internal combustion engine;

    a rotary electric machine that generates driving force for the vehicle; and

    a control unit that controls the internal combustion engine on the basis of a state of the vehicle, whereinwhen the internal combustion engine is started in response to a request for the driving force, the control unit is programmed to control the internal combustion engine such that ignition timing of the internal combustion engine while a first mode is selected is later than the ignition timing while a second mode is selected, and the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine at a first engine temperature while one of the first mode and the second mode is selected differs from the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine at a second temperature while the one of the first mode and the second mode is selected, andthe vehicle is more likely to be driven using the rotary electric machine in a state where the internal combustion engine is stopped in the first mode than in the second mode.

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