Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes an electric motor to drive a vehicle body to travel, a first battery chargeable by an external power supply to supply driving electric power to the electric motor, a second battery that is rechargeable to supply electric power to an electric component installed in the vehicle body, a voltage converter to supply electric power while adjusting a voltage value between the first and second batteries, and a controller to which electric power is supplied from the second battery and configured or programmed to control a charge state during charging by the power supply and to control operation of the voltage converter. The control is configured or programmed to execute an interval charging process repeatedly at set time intervals to control operation of the voltage converter to charge the second battery using electric power supplied from the first battery.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes an electric motor to drive a vehicle body to travel, a battery chargeable by an external power supply to supply driving electric power to the electric motor, a connection section to which a power supply connector of the power supply is connectable, a controller configured or programmed to control a charge state during charging by the power supply, and a temperature detector to detect a temperature of the battery. The controller is configured or programmed to execute a temperature increase control to warm the battery until the temperature of the battery increases to a target temperature prior to charging the battery, in response to the temperature of the battery detected by the temperature detector being not higher than a set temperature.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery, a motor to be driven by electric power supplied from the battery, a travel device to be driven by the motor, and a connector to which a charger is connectable and is electrically connected to the battery. The connector includes a connection terminal to which the charger is connectable and a housing that covers the connection terminal, and the housing includes a first drain hole in a lower portion thereof.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a travel motor provided on a traveling body, a battery provided at a front portion of the traveling body to supply electric power to the motor, a cable to extract electric power from the battery, and a cover to cover the battery and the cable. The cable extends from a front portion of the battery.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery, an inverter to convert output from the battery to AC power, a motor drivable by the converted AC power, a travel device drivable by the motor, a controller configured or programmed to control a current flowing through the motor by operating the inverter in accordance with rotational speed information indicative of a rotational speed of the motor and a required rotational speed for the motor, a DC/DC converter to convert an output voltage of the battery to a voltage applicable to the controller, and a current limiter to limit the current flowing through the motor when a temperature of the inverter is higher than a predetermined temperature. The controller is configured or programmed to limit the current flowing through the motor when at least one temperature of the inverter, the motor, or the DC/DC converter is higher than a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery in a machine body, an inverter to convert DC power output from the battery to AC power, a motor drivable by the AC power converted by the inverter, a rotational speed detector to obtain rotational speed information of the motor, a travel device drivable by the motor, an operator to change a required rotational speed of the motor, a storage to store an output map defining a relationship between a torque value and the rotational speed of the motor, and a controller to control a current flowing through the motor by operating the inverter based on the rotational speed information, the required rotational speed, and the output map. The output map has a shape similar to that of a torque curve of an engine in a high rotation range where the rotational speed of the motor is at least a predetermined rotational speed.

Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, an engine on the machine body, a motor/generator to perform an assisting action in which the motor/generator functions as a motor to assist the engine in driving and an electricity generating action in which the motor/generator functions as a generator to generate electricity using power from the engine, a working device to function using power from the engine and the motor/generator, a work operation actuator for operation of the working device, an action controller to cause the assisting action to be performed when a rotation speed of the engine is equal to or less than a first rotation speed and cause the electricity generating action to be performed when the rotation speed of the engine is equal to or greater than a second rotation speed greater than the first rotation speed, and a speed controller to change the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed according to an operation amount of the work operation actuator.

Abstract: An electric working machine includes battery packs, an actuated device to be actuated by electricity supplied from the battery packs, and a controller to control discharging of the battery packs based on remaining charge levels of the battery packs. The controller is configured/programmed to select one of the battery packs as a discharging battery pack, and perform a limiting process to limit electricity supplied from the discharging battery pack to the actuated device when the remaining charge level of the discharging battery pack is less than a limit threshold, and cause the limit threshold and/or content of the limiting process to differ between when one or more of the battery packs that are other than the discharging battery pack have a remaining charge level of a second threshold or more and when any of such battery packs do not have a remaining charge level of the second threshold or more.

Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, an engine on the machine body, a motor/generator to perform an assisting action in which the motor/generator functions as a motor to assist the engine in driving and an electricity generating action in which the motor/generator functions as a generator to generate electricity using power from the engine, a battery to store electricity generated by the motor/generator, an operation actuator to perform an operation of the machine body, a starting action determiner to determine, upon operation of the operation actuator, whether the operation corresponds to a starting action for the machine body, a first setter to set, if the starting action determiner determines that the operation of the operation actuator corresponds to the starting action, a torque of the motor/generator for the assisting action or the electricity generating action to a first torque, and a second setter to set, if the starting action determiner determines that the operation of the operation actuator d

Abstract: A power supply includes a battery; an inverter that controls an output voltage of the battery; an air-cooler that cools the battery and the inverter with cooling air; and a case that houses the battery, the inverter, and the air-cooler.

Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, an engine on the machine body, a motor/generator to perform an assisting action in which the motor/generator functions as a motor to assist the engine in driving and an electricity generating action in which the motor/generator functions as a generator to generate electricity using power from the engine, a working device to function using power from the engine and the motor/generator, a work operation actuator for operation of the working device, an action controller to cause the assisting action to be performed when a rotation speed of the engine is equal to or less than a first rotation speed and cause the electricity generating action to be performed when the rotation speed of the engine is equal to or greater than a second rotation speed greater than the first rotation speed, and a speed controller to change the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed according to an operation amount of the work operation actuator.

Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, an engine on the machine body, a motor/generator to perform an assisting action in which the motor/generator functions as a motor to assist the engine in driving and an electricity generating action in which the motor/generator functions as a generator to generate electricity using power from the engine, a battery to store electricity generated by the motor/generator, an operation actuator to perform an operation of the machine body, a starting action determiner to determine, upon operation of the operation actuator, whether the operation corresponds to a starting action for the machine body, a first setter to set, if the starting action determiner determines that the operation of the operation actuator corresponds to the starting action, a torque of the motor/generator for the assisting action or the electricity generating action to a first torque, and a second setter to set, if the starting action determiner determines that the operation of the operation actuator d

Abstract: The working machine includes a machine body, an engine provided on the machine body, a motor generator to be operated as a motor to assist driving of the engine in an assisting operation and to be operated as a generator by power of the engine to generate electricity in a generating operation, a battery to store the electricity generated by the motor generator, an acceleration sensor to measure acceleration of the machine body, and a controller to selectively set either one of the assisting operation and the generating operation based on the acceleration of the machine body measured by the acceleration sensor.