Method and apparatus for operating a hybrid vehicle

US8825244B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Jörg Rieling · Braunschweig, DE
• Andreas Boy · Wolfsburg, DE
• Marko Wollenberg · Lehre, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/62
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method and an apparatus (9) for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine (4) and an electric motor (5), the internal combustion engine (4) is started automatically in a readiness to drive mode of the hybrid vehicle (1) as soon as it is no longer detected reliably that the driver is present.