Patent ID: 7791217

Claim:
An electric-powered vehicle chargeable by an external power supply, comprising: a power storage device storing electric power used for generating driving force for said electric-powered vehicle; a charge connector used for connecting, to said electric-powered vehicle, a cable transmitting electric power from said external power supply to charge said power storage device; a lid configured to be opened and closed, and cover said charge connector when said lid is in a closed state; a first detection unit detecting whether or not said charge connector and said cable are connected to each other; a second detection unit detecting whether said lid is in the closed state or an opened state; and a vehicle control unit controlling said electric-powered vehicle into a travel-enabled state when said first detection unit detects that said charge connector and said cable are disconnected from each other and said second detection unit detects the closed state of said lid, wherein in a case where result of detection by said first detection unit is abnormal, said vehicle control unit controls said electric-powered vehicle into said travel-enabled state when said second detection unit detects the closed state of said lid, and said vehicle control unit controls said electric-powered vehicle into a travel-disabled state in a case where said result of detection by said first detection unit is normal, where said first detection unit detects that said charge connector and said cable are connected to each other and where said second detection unit detects the opened state of said lid.