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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takahiro Misawa, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device controls charging of a power storage device mounted on a vehicle from the external power supply. The control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to acquire information relating to an electric power fee for the charging in each time slot divided in advance and cause, when the time slot is switched such that the electric power fee becomes relatively low after the switching of the time slot compared to before the switching during the charging, the external power supply to charge the power storage device so as to apply the electric power fee that is relatively low in the time slot after the switching.