Patent ID: 9694713
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60L,B60W,B60Y,B62K,B62M,F16H,Y02T

Claim:
1. An electric vehicle comprising: an electric motor configured to generate torque for rotating a driving wheel; a transmission device configured to switch over speed ratios in accordance with a switching command obtained based on a transmission manipulation of a rider and transmit the torque of the electric motor to the driving wheel at the switched speed ratio; a switching command detector configured to detect whether or not the switching command is input; and a controller configured to control an operation of the electric motor, wherein: the transmission device includes in a case where the controller determines based on a detection result of the switching command detector that the switching command is input, for facilitating disengagement of the engagement mechanism from the transmission gear train when switching from the power transmission state to the power cut state, the controller executes a first control operation of controlling the operation of the electric motor, for facilitating engagement of the engagement mechanism with the newly selected transmission gear train when returning from the power cut state to the power transmission state, the controller executes a second control operation of controlling the operation of the electric motor to make a revolving speed of the newly selected transmission gear train close to the revolving speed of the engagement mechanism, when the engagement state detector detects in the first control operation that the transmission gear train and the engagement mechanism are not engaged with each other, the controller proceeds to the second control operation, and when the engagement state detector detects in the second control operation that the transmission gear train and the engagement mechanism are engaged with each other, the controller terminates the second control operation.