Patent ID: 7412309
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: B60L,B62K,G01C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle comprising: a dynamo-electric motor for applying motive power to a drive wheel; a battery for supplying electric power to the dynamo-electric motor; a driver for performing drive control of the dynamo-electric motor; a single control unit for performing control relating to charging and discharging of the battery; and a display unit for displaying predetermined information relating to the vehicle, wherein the single control unit includes a speed pulse detector and a communication port, the communication port being directly connected to both the speed pulse detector and to the display unit, wherein the speed pulse detector obtains a vehicle speed, a total travel distance, and a trip travel distance based on a vehicle speed pulse of the dynamo-electric motor detected by the driver, and the communication port transmits information relating to the vehicle speed, the total travel distance, and the trip travel distance, and information relating to charging and discharging of the battery to the display unit.