CHARGING INFORMATION-PROVIDING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A charging information-providing apparatus for providing information relating to charging for an electric vehicle, which,provides, to an occupant of the electric vehicle, charging station information representing a charging station at which the electric vehicle can be charged, together with clean electric power information which is information indicating whether or not electric power with which the electric vehicle can be charged at the charging station includes clean electric power generated by a power generation method defined as a power generation method which provides a low burden to environment.
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Abstract
An information providing apparatus is configured so as to provide, to an occupant of an electric vehicle, information indicating a location of a charging station together with information indicating whether or not the electric vehicle can be charged with a clean electric power at that charging station, through an on-board display. Accordingly, the occupant of the electric vehicle can go to the charging station at which the electric vehicle can be charged with electric power including the clean electric power, based on the provided location information of the charging station and a clean degree, and can charge the electric vehicle with the electric power including the clean electric power there. In this manner, the electric vehicle is charged with the electric power including the clean electric power, and thus, the demand for the clean electric power serving as the electric power for charging electric vehicles can be increased.
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8 Claims
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1. A charging information-providing apparatus for providing information relating to charging for an electric vehicle, which,
provides, to an occupant of the electric vehicle, charging station information representing a charging station at which the electric vehicle can be charged, together with clean electric power information which is information indicating whether or not electric power with which the electric vehicle can be charged at the charging station includes clean electric power generated by a power generation method defined as a power generation method which provides a low burden to environment.
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6. A charging information-providing apparatus for providing information relating to charging for an electric vehicle, which,
provides, to an occupant of the electric vehicle, clean electric power supply information which is information indicating whether or not electric power supplied from an electric power source includes a clean electric power generated by a power generation method defined as a power generation method which provides a low burden to environment, together with area information representing an area to which the electric power is supplied from the electric power source.
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