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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Dae Ro Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang Joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Soung Han Noh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Cheol Shin, Seoul, KR;
Seung Jae Yoo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seok Young Yun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A plug-in vehicle is provided which prevents impossibility of driving even when a charging connector is not connected to the vehicle and a method of controlling the same. The method includes determining whether the vehicle is stopped and determining whether recognition of a connection of the charging connector to the vehicle is enabled. Additionally, the method includes determining whether a charging inlet door is open or closed, in response to determining that recognition of the connection of the charging connector to the vehicle is disenabled, and executing transition of the vehicle from a first state restricting generation of driving power to a second state permitting generation of driving power when the charging inlet door is closed.