VEHICLE CHARGING UNIT

An electric power reception terminal (34) is configured such that it can electrically be connected to an AC power supply (50). A charger (32) is configured to convert AC power input from the electric power reception terminal (34) to a prescribed DC voltage. A non-contact electric power reception portion (36) is configured to receive electric power in a non-contact manner from an AC power supply (52) as a result of magnetic coupling to an electric power transmission portion of the AC power supply (52). The non-contact electric power reception portion (36) is connected to an electric power conversion circuit of the charger (32). A charge ECU (40) compares conductive-reception electric power with non-contact-reception electric power, and controls the charger (32) to perform charging by using any greater one of the conductive-reception electric power and the non-contact-reception electric power, based on a result of comparison.