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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2019
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a battery, an electric power acquirer, a power supply unit, first and second relays, and a controller. The first relay connects and disconnects the battery to and from a power supply line. The second relay connects and disconnects the electric power acquirer to and from the power supply line. The controller executes a first switching control including switching the second relay to a connected state with the first relay kept in a connected state. In the switching of the second relay to the connected state in the first switching control, the controller reduces a difference between a potential of the second relay on the side on which the electric power acquirer is disposed and a potential of the second relay on the side on which the battery is disposed, using electric power inputted from the electric power acquirer.