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Abstract

A hybrid vehicle has an engine, a generator motor, a drive motor, a drive wheel mechanically connected to the engine, the generator motor and the drive motor, a stopping device for stopping revolution of the engine, and generator motor control processing unit for, when the hybrid vehicle is to be started, covering a shortfall of the drive force produced by the drive motor with the drive force produced by the generator motor by using a reaction force provided by the stopping device. The generator motor control processing unit causes a generator motor torque to be produced corresponding to a difference between a changing rate of a requested torque and a limiting value of a changing rate of a drive motor torque pre-set for the drive motor. Thus, the changing rate of the vehicle torque and the changing rate of the requested torque can be made equal, thereby preventing an uncomfortable sensation for the driver when the hybrid vehicle is started.

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