| CPC B60W 20/16 (2016.01) [B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/068 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method for emissions control of a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving an instruction to switch from a combustion engine power mode of the hybrid vehicle to an electric power mode of the hybrid vehicle;
identifying a temperature of a catalyst of a catalytic converter associated with a combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle, wherein exhaust gases from the combustion engine are passed over the catalyst; and
if the temperature of the catalyst is at, or above, a threshold level:
switching to the electric power mode of the hybrid vehicle; and
switching off the combustion engine; or
if the temperature of the catalyst is below the threshold level:
switching to the electric power mode of the hybrid vehicle; and
maintaining the catalyst temperature at, or above, the threshold level.
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