Vehicle (10, 100) that features: an
internal combustion engine (12, 102); a first
rotary machine (MG2, MG) designed to output a drive torque; a battery (52, 120) designed to be charged by the
kinetic energy of the
internal combustion engine (12, 102) and designed to supply electrical energy to the first
rotary engine (MG2, MG); and an
electronic control unit (90, 122) designed to selectively perform a first operational control and a second operational control, wherein The first operating control is a control for causing the vehicle (10, 100) to drive on the basis of a driver's driving operation, and the second operating control is a control for automatically setting a target driving state on the basis of at least map information and / or road information and for automatically performing acceleration or deceleration on the basis of the target driving state. the
electronic control unit (90, 122) is designed to start the
internal combustion engine (12, 102) when a value representing a
state of charge of the battery (52, 120) falls below an internal
combustion engine start threshold value, while the operation of the internal
combustion engine (12, 102) is stopped, and the
electronic control unit (90, 122) is designed to ensure that the
combustion engine start threshold in the second operating control is lower than the combustion engine start threshold in the first operating control, the second operating control includes an unmanned operating control and a manned operating control, the unmanned operating control being an operating control corresponding to an unmanned journey for automatically performing acceleration or deceleration without occupants in the vehicle (10, 100), and the manned operating control being an operating control corresponding to a manned journey for automatically performing acceleration or deceleration while at least one occupant is present in the vehicle, the electronic
control unit (90, 122) is designed to selectively perform unmanned operation control and manned operation control, and the electronic
control unit (90, 122) is designed to ensure that the combustion engine start threshold in unmanned operation control is lower than the combustion engine start threshold in manned operation control.