Patent ID: 9744963
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60L,B60W,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S,Y10S

Claim:
1. A vehicle comprising: an engine; an electric motor configured to generate electric power by using driving force of the engine; a battery configured to store the electric power generated by the electric motor; a controller configured to control supply of electric power, which is at least one of first electric power or second electric power, to an electrical load located outside the vehicle, the first electric power being electric power generated by the electric motor, the second electric power being electric power stored in the battery, and select, based on a setting made by a user, whether to supply electric power to the electrical load located outside the vehicle in either a first supply mode or in a second supply mode, (i) in the first supply mode generation of electric power by using the driving force of the engine is permitted while electric power is being supplied to the electrical load located outside the vehicle so that the first electric power and the second electric power are supplied in the first supply mode, (ii) in the second supply mode generation of electric power by using the driving force of the engine is prohibited while electric power is being supplied to the electrical load located outside the vehicle so that the second electric power but not the first electric power is supplied in the second supply mode; and a communication device configured to (a) transmit a signal to a communication terminal carried by the user, the signal requesting the user to select whether to permit or prohibit the generation of electric power by using the driving force of the engine, and (b) receive from the communication terminal carried by the user first information about whether to permit or prohibit the generation of electric power by using the driving force of the engine, which is determined by the user, wherein the controller is configured to set, based on the first information, whether to supply the electric power to the electrical load located outside the vehicle in the first supply mode or in the second supply mode.