An electric vehicle includes a power storage device, a front compartment, a power supplying port, and an external power supplying device. The power storage device is configured to feed electric power to a motor for traveling. The front compartment is provided in front of a cabin of the electric vehicle in the electric vehicle. The power supplying port is provided in the front compartment and is configured to be connected with a power supplying cable. The external power supplying device is configured to feed electric power of the power storage device to an outside of the electric vehicle from the power supplying port.

A control device includes: an in-vehicle communication unit capable of communicating with an on-vehicle control device; and a control unit configured to control the in-vehicle communication unit. The control unit monitors a power storage amount of an on-vehicle battery during traveling, and executes a charge control for causing the in-vehicle communication unit to transmit an instruction of power generation to an on-vehicle generator that supplies power to the on-vehicle battery, when the power storage amount is reduced to reach a threshold value. The threshold value corresponds to a power amount greater than a necessary power amount required for an update process of a control program in the on-vehicle control device.

A control apparatus for operating an electric drive for a vehicle may include one or more of the following: a plurality of power module, which has one or more power semiconductors; an intermediate circuit capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the power module; a cooler for dissipating heat generated by the power module; an interconnect device for obtaining electrical contact to the power module, where the interconnect device has a first section and a second section at an angle to the first section, and where the first section and the second section are each perpendicular to a main plane of the power module.

A control apparatus for operating an electric drive for a vehicle may include one or more of the following: a plurality of power module, which has one or more power semiconductors; an intermediate circuit capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the power module; a cooler for dissipating heat generated by the power module; an interconnect device for obtaining electrical contact to the power module, where the interconnect device has a first section and a second section at an angle to the first section, and where the first section and the second section are each perpendicular to a main plane of the power module.

A controller for a system includes a first control section and a second control section. The system includes an electrical actuator, a switch switching the electrical actuator between a power supply state and a power cutoff state, and a drive section driving the switch. The drive section outputs, to the switch, a drive signal to drive the switch based on a command signal for switching of the switch. The first control section determines a switch state based on the command signal, and the second control section determines a switch state based on the drive signal. At least one of the first control section and the second control section determines the electrical actuator to be in the power supply state on the condition that the first control section determines the switch to be in the power supply state, and the second control section also determines the switch to be in the power supply state.

Motorized vehicles include a deck, a motor mounted to the deck, a first battery connection point configured to releasably secure a first battery thereto, a second battery connection point configured to releasably secure a second battery thereto, and power circuitry. Power circuitry is configured to power the motor using the first battery and the second battery. The first battery and the second battery each have a charge capacity of about 160 watt hours.

According to one aspect, energy management or battery pack distribution may be achieved by receiving a location associated with a portable battery dispensing vehicle which carries or stocks modular battery replacement packs for electric vehicles, determining a location of a mobile device associated with the system for energy management, displaying the location associated with the portable battery dispensing vehicle and the location associated with the mobile device, receiving a request associated with a purchase of one of the modular battery replacement packs carried by the portable battery dispensing vehicle, and generating an instruction to credit an associated account with a virtual energy credit based on the request associated with the purchase of one or more of the modular battery replacement packs.

An electric vehicle includes a power storage device configured to feed electric power to a motor for traveling, a front compartment provided in front of a cabin of the electric vehicle in the electric vehicle, a power supplying port that is provided in the front compartment and outputs electric power from the power storage device and configured such that a power supplying cable is connected with the power supplying port, an external power supplying device configured to feed electric power of the power storage device to an outside of the electric vehicle from the power supplying port, and a fuel cell stack disposed inside the front compartment.

A timer includes a timing counter configured to generate a timing datum, a clock pulse signal generation circuit configured to generate a clock pulse signal used to operate the timing counter, and an interface circuit configured to receive an access signal, wherein the timing counter is an asynchronous counter, and the clock pulse signal generation circuit generates the clock pulse signal having a first pulse width when there is a possibility that the interface circuit receives the access signal, and generates the clock pulse signal having a second pulse width longer than the first pulse width when there is no possibility that the interface circuit receives the access signal.

A timer includes a timing counter configured to generate a timing datum, a clock pulse signal generation circuit configured to generate a clock pulse signal used to operate the timing counter, and an interface circuit configured to receive an access signal, wherein the timing counter is an asynchronous counter, and the clock pulse signal generation circuit generates the clock pulse signal having a first pulse width when there is a possibility that the interface circuit receives the access signal, and generates the clock pulse signal having a second pulse width longer than the first pulse width when there is no possibility that the interface circuit receives the access signal.