Hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle comprising an electric motor and an internal combustion engine capable of transmitting motive power to a driven unit via a motive power transmission shaft of a motive power transmitting device, and which is capable of starting the internal combustion engine with the electric motor;

• wherein the motive power transmitting device comprises a connecting-disconnecting device capable of connecting and disconnecting between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor;
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• an engaging mechanism capable of connecting between the motive power transmission shaft and the driven unit;
• the hybrid vehicle comprises a controller which drive controls the electric motor so that a creep speed which is a target vehicle speed is achieved during creep running, in the state where the connection between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is disconnected by the connecting-disconnecting device and in the state where the internal combustion engine is stopped, by transmitting the motive power of the electric motor to the driven unit by connecting between the motive power transmission shaft and the driven unit with the engaging mechanism;
• wherein the controller sets a creep rotational speed of the electric motor corresponding to the creep speed to be larger by a predetermined rotational speed than a starting-enabled rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, and start controls the internal combustion engine at equal to or more than the starting enabled rotational speed by a motive power of the electric motor, at the rotational speed of the electric motor at equal to or more than the starting enabled rotational speed during the creep running, and if a starting condition of the internal combustion engine is satisfied.