DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE

Disclosed is a control device for a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine (1) and a motor/generator (2). In the hybrid vehicle, "HEV mode" is implemented when an air-conditioning device (41) is in operation because a compressor (42) for the air-conditioning device (41) is driven by the engine (1). A request torque to the engine (1) and the like is set by estimating an air-conditioning load necessary for driving the compressor (42) on the basis of a refrigerant pressure PPD. However, there is no traveling wind for a condenser (43) at the time of reverse running of the vehicle, and thus torque spent for driving the compressor (42) is greater than that at the time of forward running. In the present invention, a reverse-running map (55) is used to obtain a suitable air-conditioning load.