Patent ID: 8164301

Claim:
A charging control apparatus for an electrically powered vehicle configured in such a manner that a power storage device mounted on the vehicle is chargeable from a power supply outside the vehicle, said charging control apparatus comprising: an energy cost prediction unit for predicting an energy cost for a next travel of the vehicle based on an energy consumption during a travel of the vehicle; a lifetime prediction unit for predicting a lifetime of said power storage device according to an amount of charge to said power storage device, using a relation between an amount of charge to said power storage device and a lifetime of said power storage device; a usage cost prediction unit for predicting a cost of using said power storage device according to the amount of charge to said power storage device, based on the lifetime of said power storage device predicted by said lifetime prediction unit; an information unit for informing a user of said energy cost and the cost of using said power storage device in association with the amount of charge to said power storage device; and a charge command generation unit for generating a command to charge said power storage device from said power supply in accordance with an instruction from said user.