Drive apparatus for hybrid vehicle and control method and control device thereof

A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, comprising:

• a motor;
• a clutch that transmits and cuts off a driving force between the motor and an engine;
• and
• a control device that performs an operation control for the motor and the clutch, wherein the control device:
• increases an operating pressure of the clutch to start a transmission of torque from the motor to the engine side and detects a transmission torque to be transmitted via the clutch if there is an engine start request during driving of a wheel by the motor, and
• performs a control that sets an output torque of the motor as equal to a torque that is the sum of the transmission torque and a request torque for wheel driving, which is determined based upon an accelerator opening, wherein the detection of the transmission torque is performed by calculating the transmission torque based upon an operating pressure of the clutch.