Hybrid vehicle and method of changing operation mode for the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSung Deok Kim, Joon Young Park
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Abstract
A method of changing an operation mode of a hybrid vehicle may include determining a current operation mode, determining a predicted travel distance in a first mode when the current operation mode is the first mode or a current driving load satisfies a criterion for switching to the first mode as a result of the determination, determining whether an engine is warmed up, and determining whether to drive in the first mode or a second mode according to the determined predicted travel distance and whether the engine is warmed up.
Claims19
A method of changing an operation mode of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, a current operation mode;
- determining, by the controller, a predicted travel distance in a first mode when the current operation mode is the first mode or a current driving load satisfies a criterion for switching to the first mode as a result of the determination;
- determining, by the controller, whether an engine is warmed up;
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- determining, by the controller, whether to drive in the first mode or a second mode according to the determined predicted travel distance and whether the engine is warmed up;
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- controlling, by the controller, the vehicle to drive in the first mode or the second mode based on the determined predicted travel distance and on determination of whether the engine is warmed up.
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- and
- a controller configured to determine a predicted travel distance in a first mode and whether the engine is warmed up when a current operation mode is the first mode or a current driving load satisfies a criterion for switching to the first mode, to determine whether to drive in the first mode or a second mode according to the determined predicted travel distance and whether the engine is warmed up, and to control the vehicle to drive in the first mode or the second mode based on the determined predicted travel distance and on determination of whether the engine is warmed up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.