Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Nomura
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle which starts an engine safely by using a remote switch even when a charging plug is connected is provided. The hybrid vehicle can be charged from an external power source. The controller of the hybrid vehicle executes the following process, when an engine start request is received while the charging plug for supplying electric power from the external power source is connected to the vehicle. (1) Starting an engine if charging is not performed and a shift lever is at a parking position when a request for starting the engine (remote start request) is received from a remote switch outside the vehicle, and rejecting a remote start request if the shift lever is at a position other than a parking position. (2) Rejecting a request for starting the engine from a switch provided in the vehicle.
Claims4
A hybrid vehicle chargeable by an external electric power source,
- the hybrid vehicle having a controller which is configured to perform, while the hybrid vehicle is connected with a plug that supplies electric power thereto from the external power source:
- (1) starting an engine if charging is not performed and a shift lever is at a parking position when a request (remote start request) for starting the engine is received from a remote switch outside the hybrid vehicle, and
- rejecting the remote start request if the shift lever is at a position other than the parking position when the remote start request is received;
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- (2) rejecting a request for starting the engine from a switch provided in the hybrid vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.