VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE AND HYBRID VEHICLE

There are included a transmission mechanism that includes an input member driven by an engine and an output member drive-coupled to wheels and that can change a gear ratio between the input member and the output member; a clutch SSC that is interposed between an output shaft of the engine and the input member and can connect and disconnect power transmission between the output shaft of the engine and the input member of the transmission mechanism; and a control part that controls engagement and disengagement of the clutch SSC by electrical instructions. When the control part determines that a drag state of the clutch SSC has occurred (t2) when the control part outputs an electrical instruction to bring the clutch SSC into a disengaged state, the control part outputs an electrical instruction to bring the clutch SSC into a completely engaged state (t3 to t4).