Vehicle including engine stopping/starting control unit

A vehicle comprising:

• an engine for providing motive power to the vehicle;
• and
• an engine stopping/starting control unit including,
• a generator which is adapted to be driven by the vehicle engine,
• a battery which is operatively connected to said generator to receive a charge from the generator,
• a vehicle moving operation detector for detecting when the vehicle moves from a stopped state, and
• a charging limiting device which is capable of selectively limiting charging of the battery by said generator.

A method for controlling a vehicle electrical system comprising:

• providing an engine control unit;
• detecting a vehicle stopped state using a moving operation detector;
• and
• reducing the amount of charge supplied from a generator to a battery when the moving operation detector detects the stopped state.