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October 26, 2016
Provided is a vehicle (10, 10A) provided with left and right electric motors (22A, 22B) electrically connected to a battery (24) and mechanically connected respectively to left and right vehicle wheels, a power generator (14) mechanically connected to an internal combustion engine (12) being electrically connected to the battery (24), wherein the battery (24) is reliably protected during traction control and at other such times. Two electric motors, specifically first and second electric motors (22A, 22B), are temporarily handled integrally to determine a torque down amount (TD), which is the total allowable power variation width (±) of the two electric motors, on the basis of left and right total power (Y), and the respective motive powers of the first and second electric motors (22A, 22B) are controlled while being limited by values obtained by simply dividing the determined torque down amount (TD) equally, whereby the allowable input/output power (allowable input power (Z)) of the battery (24) is reliably protected.
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