An electric vehicle (1) includes a vehicle body (2), an electric motor (31), a wheel (4), an operator (52) operated by a user to drive the wheel (4) to rotate by power from the electric motor (31), and a controller (70) that controls the electric motor (31) according to an operation of the operator (52). The controller (70) includes a plurality of control states including a basic state, a drive-standby state which transitions to and from the basic state, and a driving state which transitions to and from the drive-standby state and causes transmission of power of the electric motor (31) to the wheel (4). The controller is configured or programmed to transition to the driving state if the operator (52) is operated in the drive-standby state and to transition to the basic state if it is judged in the drive-standby state that a user is not present in the vicinity of the vehicle body (2) for a predetermined time or longer.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
ELEKTROFAHRZEUG
VÉHICULE ÉLECTRIQUE
2016-10-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62M RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES , Antrieb von Radfahrzeugen oder Schlitten durch den Fahrer |
European Patent Office | 2019
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