Hybrid vehicle and method for controlling the same

A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including an engine, a first rotating electric machine including a permanent magnet in a rotor, an output shaft connected to a drive wheel, a planetary gear mechanism configured to mechanically couple the engine, the first rotating electric machine, and the output shaft to one another and to transmit torque among the engine, the first rotating electric machine, and the output shaft, a second rotating electric machine connected to the output shaft, a battery, a converter configured to output a boosted voltage which results from boost of a voltage input from the battery, and an inverter configured to convert power among the converter, the first rotating electric machine, and the second rotating electric machine, the method comprising:

• carrying out inverterless running control when the first and second rotating electric machines cannot normally be driven by the inverter,
• the inverterless running control being control in which the inverter is set to a gate cut-off state, the engine is driven to mechanically rotate the first rotating electric machine and to generate in the first rotating electric machine, braking torque in accordance with a difference between a counter-electromotive voltage of the first rotating electric machine and the boosted voltage, and the hybrid vehicle is run with drive torque applied to the output shaft as reaction force of the braking torque, and
• the carrying out inverterless running control including controlling the drive torque to produce driving force determined by an accelerator position by raising or lowering the boosted voltage.