A control mechanism for a hybrid vehicle having a motor driving means
enabling its running through an output of an electric motor, and an
engine driving means enabling its running through an output of an engine,
includes a throttle sensor and a driving change-over control unit having
a mode map for determining each of working regions M, E of the motor
driving unit and the engine driving unit in response to a sensing signal
.theta. of the throttle sensor. The mode map is provided with a critical
region Ma adjacent to the working region E of the engine driving unit in
the working region M of the motor driving unit and an informing unit
(display device) to inform a driver of a fact that the motor driving unit
is being operated in the critical region Ma. The display device also
indicates a battery residual amount.