Abstract: A vehicle includes: an instrument panel; and an ECU that controls the instrument panel so that the instrument panel displays an icon representing a status of a battery. The icon represents one of a first indication and a second indication by an increase or decrease of a scale in a display region of the icon, and the other one of the first indication and the second indication by an amount indicated by a size of a display area of the icon, the first indication representing SOC of the battery, the second indication representing a full charge capacity of the battery.

Abstract: In a casting method for polycrystalline silicon in which a bottomless cooling crucible with a part of a certain length in an axial direction being circumferentially and plurally sectioned is provided inside an induction coil, producing a silicon melt within the cooling crucible by means of electromagnetically induced heating by the induction coil, and withdrawing the silicon melt in a downward direction while being solidified, an alternating current with a frequency of 25-35 kHz is applied on the induction coil. According to the casting method for polycrystalline silicon of the present invention, in addition to preventing rapid cooling of the ingot surface at the time of solidifying the molten silicon and producing the ingot, the stirring of the molten silicon inside the crucible is suppressed to thereby promote the growth of large diameter crystals, with the result that the conversion efficiency of the cast polycrystalline silicon used as solar cells is increased.