Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Vehicle
There is provided a vehicle comprising a motor for driving; a power storage device configured to transmit electric power to and from the motor; a solar system configured to generate electric power from sunlight and to perform solar charging that supplies the generated electric power to the power storage device; and a charging relay turned on and off to connect and disconnect the solar system with and from the power storage device. When a short circuit fault occurring on a solar system side of the charging relay is detected in an on state of the charging relay in a current trip, the vehicle turns off the charging relay and keeps the charging relay off at least in the current trip. This configuration enables the vehicle to be driven even in the case where a short circuit fault occurs in the solar system or the like.
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