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VEHICLE

  • US 20150298569A1
  • Filed: 11/26/2013
  • Published: 10/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle configured to carry out external charging operation in which an in-vehicle battery is charged with electric power from a device outside the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

  • the in-vehicle battery;

    a charger configured to output electric power from the device outside the vehicle to the in-vehicle battery; and

    a control device configured to control the charger so that the external charging operation is completed by time set by a user, and configured to preferentially allocate a period of time during which the-external-charging, operation is carried out in order of a priority time period set by the user, an immediate time period immediately after the priority time period and a preceding time period immediately before the priority time period, whereinthe control device is configured to, when the priority time period includes a plurality of priority time periods, preferentially allocate the period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out in order of the plurality of priority time periods, and a time period immediately before the latest priority time period.

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