Method and system for controlling a user requested shift in a hybrid vehicle

A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine selectively coupled to an electric machine by an upstream clutch with the electric machine selectively coupled to an automatic transmission gearbox by a downstream clutch, comprising, in response to a user commanded shift of the gearbox, controlling the electric machine speed to a target speed based on the gearbox gear ratio after the shift where the target speed is synchronized with the gearbox output speed;

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• switching pressure control from a first shifting clutch in the gearbox for a present gear ratio to a second shifting clutch in the gearbox for a gear ratio after the shift.

A method for controlling a vehicle having an electric machine (M/G) connected to an engine and an automatic transmission gearbox by upstream and downstream clutches, respectively, comprising, in response to a user commanded gearbox shift, controlling the M/G to a target speed synchronized with the gearbox output speed based on the gearbox gear ratio after the shift;

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• commanding a gearbox shift clutch to decrease slip as the M/G approaches the target speed.