Patent ID: 8134314

Claim:
An electric powered vehicle comprising: a wheel for running on a road; an electric motor for transmitting a driving power or braking power to the wheel; a control part for performing a drive control for transmitting the driving power to the wheel with the electric motor working as a power source and a regenerative control for transmitting the braking power to the wheel with the electric motor working as a load; and a velocity detecting part for detecting a running velocity, wherein when a first velocity threshold is Vt 1 , a second velocity threshold is Vt 2 , and a third velocity threshold is Vt 3 , and when the thresholds are Vt 1 <Vt 2 <Vt 3 , in the regenerative control, the control part permits the regenerative control in the case where the velocity increases to or above the second velocity threshold Vt 2 , and in the case where the velocity increases to or above the third velocity threshold Vt 3 , it keeps the permission of the regenerative control until the velocity thereafter falls below the first velocity threshold Vt 1 .