Patent ID: 6840340

Claim:
An electric-powered vehicle supplied with a propulsive force based on a vehicle operating force applied by an operator of said electric-powered vehicle and an assisting driving force, said electric-powered vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame; a plurality of wheels provided to support said vehicle frame; at least one operation-force detector for detecting the vehicle operating force applied to said vehicle by the operator via said frame; at least one electric-powered driver for driving said wheels to supplement the vehicle operating force applied to said vehicle by the operator via said frame; at least one manual brake-operation unit for applying manual braking forces on said wheels; at least one brake-operation detector for detecting a manual brake operation performed by said manual brake-operation unit; and a controller for controlling said electric-powered driver, wherein said controller controls said electric-powered driver to generate the assisting driving force in accordance with the vehicle operating force detected by said operation-force detector, and controls said electric-powered driver to reduce the assisting driving force generated by the electric-powered driver in accordance with the vehicle operating force detected by said operation-force detector when the manual brake operation is detected by said brake-operation detector.