Patent ID: 8686591
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electrically-driven vehicle, comprising: a chargeable and dischargeable battery mounted on the vehicle as one of sources of power; a charger that charges the battery by a supply of electric power from an electric power source; an accessory unit that is driven by electric power supplied from at least one of the battery and the charger; a charged amount obtaining unit that obtains a charged amount of the battery; and a controller that controls drive of the charger so that the charged amount of the battery obtained by the charged amount obtaining unit does not exceed a first charging upper limit when the accessory unit is not being driven, wherein for charging the battery using the supply of electric power from the electric power source, the controller stops a supply of the electric power from the charger to the accessory unit while allowing a supply of the electric power from the battery to the accessory unit when the charged amount of the battery exceeds a second charging upper limit that is lower than the first charging upper limit and the accessory unit is being driven.