Patent ID: 7116065
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,B60Y,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle, comprising: a machine body; left and right transporting parts provided on the machine body for propelling the machine body; left and right push-button type turn switches; left and right electric motors for respectively driving the left and right transporting parts, of which electric motors the one corresponding to whichever of the left and right turn switches is being operated during a turn will be called the motor on the inside of the turn and the other will be called the motor on the outside of the turn; a control part for controlling the left and right electric motors; and a hand-operated target speed adjusting member for producing a target travel speed command for the left and right electric motors, wherein the control part comprises: inside motor deceleration pattern selecting means for, when receiving an operation signal from the left or right turn switch, selecting one deceleration pattern from among multiple different preset deceleration patterns for the motor on the inside of the turn on the basis of a target travel speed from the target speed adjusting member as of when said left or right turn switch was operated; and inside motor deceleration control means for, only as long as said turn switch is being operated, executing deceleration control of the motor on the inside of the turn using a deceleration control value based on the selected inside motor deceleration pattern.