Patent ID: 11938837
Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a first battery;
a second battery;
a solar cell;
a power divider configured to transfer power produced by the solar cell to the first battery or transfer power produced by the solar cell to the second battery;
a power converter configured to convert a voltage of the power produced by the solar cell;
a power supply configured to supply or cut off power from the first battery or the second battery to the power converter; and
a controller configured to control the power divider to transfer the power produced by the solar cell to at least one of the first battery and the second battery based on a state of charge (SoC) of the first battery and a SoC of the second battery,
wherein the controller is further configured to stop the power supply from supplying the power to the power converter when a time for which the power is supplied to the power converter is longer than or equal to a predetermined reference time.