Patent ID: 8716978
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B60L,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A charging apparatus for a battery of an electric vehicle, comprising: a communication module that communicates power information including power rates for times and information on a battery of the electric vehicle; a charging mode setting module that receives a user's order relating to a charging mode of the battery of the electric vehicle; a charging switch that connects the battery of the electric vehicle with the charging power in accordance with an input control signal; and a charging control module that sets a charging amount of the battery by using the power information and the information on the battery, sets charging information including charging power and at least one time period for charging the battery of the electric vehicle having a lowest charging power rate on the basis of the charging power rates for unit times within a predetermined time range, and inputs the control signal to the charging switch on the basis of the charging information.