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AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakahide Iida, Masatoshi Takahara, Keisuke Kimura
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A vehicle includes a battery as a power storage device that can be charged and discharged, a booster unit, an inverter, and a motor generator operating as a vehicle driving unit receiving electric power supply from the battery to drive the vehicle, a coupling unit coupling the vehicle with an external power supply for charging the battery from the outside of the vehicle, and a control device performing control related to the battery. The control device determines whether or not a destination is a charging-available place where the battery can be charged from the outside of the vehicle, and if the destination is a charging-available place, performs control related to the battery so that the temperature of the battery is a charging-efficient temperature on arrival at the destination.
A vehicle comprising:
A temperature control method of a power storage device in a vehicle including a power storage device that can be charged and discharged, a vehicle driving unit receiving electric power supply from said power storage device to drive the vehicle, and a coupling unit coupling the vehicle with an external power supply to charge said power storage device from the outside of the vehicle, the method being performed by a control device in the vehicle, and comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.