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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masato Ehara, Gotemba, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Gotemba, JP;
Yuki Takahashi, Susono, JP;
Tomoya Takahashi, Ebina, JP;
Tomoyuki Kubota, Susono, JP;
Sachio Toyora, Gotemba, JP;
Keisuke Fukuoka, Fujieda, JP;
Zidan Xu, Yokohama, JP;
Wenfeng Liang, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Murata, Gotemba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle is configured to participate in demand response used for adjusting a power supply and demand balance in a power system. The vehicle includes a power accumulation device, a power transfer device that enables power transfer in one of a first, a second, and a third method, and a control device that controls the power transfer device. The first method enables power to be transferred through a power cable between the power accumulation device and an outside of the vehicle. The second method enables power to be transferred in a non-contact manner while the vehicle is stopped. The third method enables power to be transferred in the non-contact manner while the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle participates in the demand response, the control device selects a method in a preferential order of the first, the second, and the third method and execute the power transfer.