NAVIGATION SYSTEM, HYBRID VEHICLE WITH SAME, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR PATH FOR HYBRID VEHICLE

摘要

When an exhaust gas output vehicle is predicted to pass a road pricing area where the exhaust gas output vehicle is charged (YES decision at step S100), an ECU acquires the present SOC of a storage battery (step S110) and estimates the amount of energy required for the exhaust gas output vehicle to pass in an EV travel mode through the road pricing area where the exhaust gas output vehicle is charged (step S120). It is judged whether or not the exhaust gas output vehicle can pass in the EV travel mode through the road pricing area on the basis of the present SOC and the estimated required energy (step S130). When it is judged that the exhaust gas output vehicle cannot pass through the road pricing area in the EV travel mode (NO decision at step S130), the ECU executes processing for guidance for a path to a nearby electric charging station (steps S145 to S180) and/or processing for guidance for a bypass (steps S190 to S220).