Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Koichi Tano

Norihiko Hatsumi

Shinya Fujiwara

Kosuke Moro

Kazuya Koike

Yasuo Kamimura

Yoshihide Fujikawa

A charge control apparatus for an electric vehicle that includes: a traction motor; a traction battery to which charging current is supplied from an external power source and that supplies current to the traction motor; and an electric device actuated by part of the charging current during charging of the traction battery is provided. The charge control apparatus includes: an instruction unit to instruct decrease of load of the electric device in case that the electric device is actuated during charging of the traction battery; a restriction unit to restrict the charging current after instruction of the decrease of load; and a load decreasing unit for decreasing load of the electric device after restricting the charging current.

Charge control apparatus and method for electric vehicle

A charge amount display apparatus of an electric vehicle, which enables a driver to be easily aware that a charge amount has been set at a value less than a full charge, is provided. The charge amount display apparatus comprises a control unitfor setting a charge limit value which serves as the upper limit of the charge amount of a batteryand a display unitfor displaying a maximum charge amount, to which the batterycan be charged, and the charge limit value. The maximum charge amount is displayed by a segment groupcomposed of a plurality of segmentsarranged side by side in one direction for representing the charge amount of the batteryThe segmentsfor a value equal to or lower than the charge limit value, and the segmentsfor a value higher than the charge limit value are displayed in different colors. The segments for a charge amount equal to or lower than the charge limit value are displayed in a first regionof a first display regionof the display unitA markindicating that the charge limit value has been set is displayed between the first regionand a second region

Charge amount display apparatus of an electric vehicle including a charge limit value

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Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Tano