Patent ID: 7812474

Claim:
An automobile comprising: a drive unit for driving force; a battery for supplying starting energy to the drive unit; a start switch for supplying the starting energy to the drive unit from the battery; a capacitor to be charged when the start switch is turned on; a brake device for receiving a supply of collected charge from the capacitor; a discharging resistor for discharging the collected charge in the capacitor when the start switch is turned off, and a detector for detecting a status of use of a motor or a lamp, wherein when the start switch is turned off, the collected charge in the capacitor is supplied to a dark current consuming device, and the collected charge in the capacitor is discharged to the discharging resistor, and when the detector detects the status of use of at least one of the motor and the lamp, the collected charge in the capacitor is suspended from being discharged to the discharging resistor, and is supplied to at least one of the motor and the lamp.