Patent ID: 8423209

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a first chargeable and dischargeable power storage device; a second chargeable and dischargeable power storage device; a load device; an electric power line, the electric power line supplying an electric power to the load device; a first voltage conversion device and a second voltage conversion device, the first and the second voltage conversion devices being provided in association with the first and the second power storage devices respectively and each connected between respective associated power storage device and the electric power line; a charging line, the charging line supplying an electric power provided from outside the vehicle to a connection point of the first power storage device and the first voltage conversion device; and a control device, the control device controlling the first voltage conversion device and the second voltage conversion device, wherein while external charging from an external source via the charging line is performed, when a voltage of the electric power line is lower than a voltage of the charging line, the control device causes the first voltage conversion device to perform a rectifying operation for supplying an electric current from the charging line to the electric power line, and causes the second voltage conversion device to connect the electric power line and the second power storage device.