Patent ID: 8374774
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B60L,B62K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body; a riding portion; an active weight portion attached to the vehicle body so as to be movable forward and rearward in a traveling direction, a driving wheel rotatably attached to the vehicle body; and a vehicle control apparatus configured to control driving torque that is applied to the driving wheel and to control posture of the vehicle body, wherein when climbing up/down a step on a road, the vehicle control apparatus is configured to control a position of center of gravity of the vehicle body (1) in accordance with the step, (2) by changing a tilt angle of the vehicle body, and (3) by moving the active weight portion in such a manner that when climbing up/down the step on the road, the riding portion is first moved without tilting the vehicle body and the vehicle body starts being tilted when the riding portion reaches the moving limit of the active weight portion.