Patent ID: 8666572

Claim:
A system having a charging control apparatus for a power storage device mounted on an electric powered vehicle, the charging control apparatus comprising: a condition setting unit configured to set charge allowable power based on a state of said power storage device; and a drive control unit configured to stop an electric power supply from an external power supply of said electric powered vehicle and drive a vehicle-mounted electric load by electric power supplied from said power storage device, if said charge allowable power is smaller than or equal to a prescribed electric power margin when said vehicle-mounted electric load is operated in an external charging mode in which said power storage device is charged by said external power supply, and drive said vehicle-mounted electric load by the electric power supplied from the external power supply, if said charge allowable power is larger than the prescribed electric power margin when said vehicle-mounted electric load is operated in said external charging mode, wherein said drive control unit is configured to reversibly control stop and provision of the electric power supply from the external power supply in said external charging mode.