Charging control apparatus for vehicle

A charging control apparatus for a vehicle including a storage battery configured to be charged with power supplied from an external power supply and with power regenerated by a motor connected to a wheel, the charging control apparatus comprising:

• an information acquisition circuit configured to acquire, when the storage battery of the vehicle that is being stopped is charged with the power from the external power supply, location information indicating a current location of the vehicle, and altitude information on surroundings of the current location;
• a calculation circuit configured to calculate, when a travel route has not been designated, a change amount of a state of charge (SOC) of the storage battery from the current location to at least one predetermined point in the surroundings, based on the location information and the altitude information;
• and
• a setting circuit configured to set, based on the calculated change amount of the SOC, a charge amount of the storage battery to be charged with the power from the external power supply in consideration of transition of the SOC that changes when the vehicle travels in a plurality of routes toward different predetermined points, wherein
• the at least one predetermined point includes a plurality of points having different distances from the current location, and
• the calculation circuit is configured to
• calculate a first decrease amount of the SOC due to consumption of power of the storage battery when the vehicle electrically travels on a flat road from the current location to each of the plurality of points,
• calculate, based on altitude differences between the current location and the plurality of points, a second decrease amount of the SOC due to consumption of power of the storage battery when the vehicle electrically travels on an uphill road, and an increase amount of the SOC due to power regenerated by the motor when the vehicle travels on a downhill road, and
• calculate, based on the first decrease amount, the second decrease amount, and the increase amount, change amounts of the SOC from the current location to the plurality of points.