Driving apparatus for an electric vehicle having a motor with a three-phase coil, a power storage device and an inverter, which is configured to be operated in a three-phase mode and a two-phase mode

Abstract

A driving apparatus includes a motor with a three-phase coil, a power storage device, and an inverter configured to convert direct current power from the power storage device into three-phase alternating current power and to supply the three-phase alternating current power to the motor. The driving apparatus is programmed to perform a first mode of driving all three phases of the inverter, or a second mode of driving two of the three phases of the inverter, during at least one of external charging, in which power supplied from an external power source device to a neutral point to which the three-phase coil is connected is supplied to the power storage device with voltage conversion by the motor and the inverter, and external power supply, in which power from the power storage device is supplied to the outside of the driving apparatus via the neutral point with voltage conversion by the inverter and the motor.

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