Patent ID: 9278612
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B60K,H01M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle comprising: a motor and an engine each serving as a driving source for running the vehicle; and a high-power assembled battery and a high-capacity assembled battery each capable of supplying an electric power to the motor, the high-power assembled battery and the high-capacity assembled battery constituted by secondary batteries, respectively, the high-power assembled battery being capable of charge and discharge with a current relatively larger than that in the high-capacity assembled battery, the high-capacity assembled battery having an energy capacity relatively larger than that of the high-power assembled battery, in running of the vehicle using an output from the motor with the engine stopped, the high-capacity assembled battery supplying a more electric power to the motor than that in the high-power assembled battery, wherein the high-power assembled battery is placed in a vehicle-inside space accommodating a passenger or baggage, and the high-capacity assembled battery is placed in a vehicle-outside space located on an outer face of a vehicle body.