Method for controlling hybrid automotive vehicle and hybrid vehicle adapted to such method

A method for controlling a hybrid automotive vehicle (T) is equipped with an internal combustion engine (2), and an electric machine (4) connected to an energy storage system (8). Each of said internal combustion engine (2) and said electric machine are adapted to deliver torque to a driveline (6) of the vehicle (T). The method comprises at least the steps of a) during a mission of the vehicle (T), estimation of the temperature of the energy storage system (8) at the beginning of a next mission of the vehicle (T), and b) if the temperature estimated at the step a) is below a threshold value, recharging, before the end of the current mission of the vehicle (T), the energy storage system (8) on the basis of the temperature estimated at the step a). In a step c), if the energy storage system (8) has been recharged at the step b), then, at the beginning of the next operating period of the vehicle (T), the energy storage system (8) is heavily discharged. With this method, a battery rapidly reaches a desired temper