Patent ID: 9545910
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B60L,B60W,B60Y,Y02T,Y10T

Claim:
1. An electric vehicle comprising: a power source; a drive motor driven by power from the power source; a switch which is provided inside the electric vehicle and instructs the electric vehicle to start-up; a power supply inlet which is connected to the power source; a separate equipment which is provided separately from the electric vehicle and has a power supply connector through which power is supplied from the power source as DC current to an external load as AC current; a fitting detection device which detects whether the power supply inlet and the power supply connector are fitted together or not; and a control device, wherein the control device includes a mode switching device which, by an instruction by the switch, selects a power supply mode that controls a power supply to the separate equipment, in a case where, when the electric vehicle is instructed to start-up by the switch provided inside the electric vehicle, the fitting detection device detects that the power supply inlet and the power supply connector are fitted together, and which, by an instruction by the switch, selects a driving mode that controls a driving of the electric vehicle, in a case where, when the electric vehicle is instructed to start-up by the switch provided inside the electric vehicle, the fitting detection device detects that the power supply inlet and the power supply connector are not fitted together.