Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

SangJae Han

JungHyeon Bae

Jin Ho Kim

Jin A Kim

Jin Sung Kim

Young Su Kim

ChulMin Kim

Seongho Lee

HyoGeun Kwak

A method of controlling a vehicle includes: determining whether a condition for entry into a refresh mode of a battery in the vehicle is satisfied; when the condition is satisfied, predicting an amount of power generated by a solar generator; determining whether to perform the refresh mode based on the predicted amount of power; when the refresh mode is determined to perform, charging the battery using the power generated by the solar generator; identifying a charge amount of the battery; when the identified charge amount is greater than or equal to a first reference charge amount, terminating charging the battery; when an ignition-on command is received, determining whether the charge amount of the battery is greater than or equal to the first reference charge amount; when the charge amount of the battery is less than the first reference charge amount, charging the battery using power generated by an alternator.

Power supply device, vehicle having the same, and method of controlling the same

A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a solar generator; a first battery configured to supply power for driving at least one load; and perform a recharge; a first charge amount detector configured to detect a charge amount of the first battery; and a controller configured to perform charging control on the first battery using electric energy generated by the solar generator in a parked state; determine whether the detected charge amount of the first battery is greater than or equal to a first reference charge amount during the charging control of the first battery; and perform charging termination control on the first battery when the detected charge amount of the first battery is determined to be greater than or equal to the first reference charge amount.

A vehicle includes a battery, a number of convenience loads, and a power management apparatus configured to control operations of the plurality of convenience loads based on a state of charge of the battery. The power management apparatus may store a power consumption table including power consumption depending on operation levels of the plurality of convenience loads and a priority depending on the operation levels of the plurality of convenience loads, calculate an amount of power availability based on the state of charge of the battery, calculate an amount of power consumption based on operation information of the plurality of convenience loads, and lower the operation levels of the convenience loads based on the power consumption table when the amount of power consumption is greater than the amount of power availability.

Vehicle and method of controlling the same

A vehicle may include a battery configured to store electric energy, a plurality of electronic components configured to consume the electric energy, and a power control apparatus configured to block sequentially power supplied from the battery to the plurality of electronic components, during a vehicle is parked, wherein the power control apparatus may adjust a plurality of power off times configured to block the power supplied to the plurality of electronic components, based on state information of the battery.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

SangJae Han