Cruise control method for a
hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: Switching on a
cruise control mode in the
hybrid electric vehicle, the
hybrid electric vehicle using an
internal combustion engine (31) and a
drive motor (32) as vehicle drive sources; Selecting a selected mode in a pulse and slide (PnG) mode in dependence on vehicle condition information, wherein the selected mode is selected between a first PnG mode and a second PnG mode; and Executing control of the hybrid electric vehicle with the selected mode, where: in the first PnG mode, driving of the hybrid electric vehicle is carried out in a sliding phase by
inertia of the hybrid electric vehicle, wherein a pulse phase and the sliding phase are alternately repeated between a predetermined upper threshold value of a vehicle speed and a predetermined
lower threshold value of the vehicle speed; and in the second PnG mode, acceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle is carried out in the pulse phase by the
internal combustion engine (31) or both the
internal combustion engine (31) and the
drive motor (32), and deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle is carried out in the slip phase by
inertia of the hybrid electric vehicle and torque assistance of the
drive motor, wherein the pulse phase and the slip phase are alternately repeated between the predetermined upper threshold value of the vehicle speed and the predetermined
lower threshold value of the vehicle speed, wherein the vehicle state information is an absolute value of a
vehicle acceleration, and, when the absolute value of the
vehicle acceleration is greater than a predetermined threshold value in the first PnG mode, the first PnG mode switches to the second PnG mode, wherein the
vehicle acceleration is an acceleration or deceleration degree of the hybrid electric vehicle.