Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle battery, a motor generator, a circuit, and a controller. The motor generator receives and outputs electric power from and to the vehicle battery and an external battery. The circuit couples the vehicle battery and the external battery to the motor generator. The controller controls the vehicle battery and the external battery, based on a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, electric power is transferred between the motor generator and the vehicle battery and between the vehicle battery and the external battery, and not transferred between the motor generator and the external battery. In the second mode, electric power is transferred between the motor generator and the vehicle battery and between the motor generator and the external battery. The controller shifts to the first mode when a load applied to the circuit exceeds a predetermined load in the second mode.

Abstract: A suspension structure for a power unit is configured to suspend a power unit including a motor, a transaxle, and a power control unit. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the transaxle is arranged in a substantially center portion in a vehicle width direction, the motor is arranged at a position on an upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on one side in the vehicle width direction, and the power control unit is arranged at a position on the upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on an opposite side of the motor. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the motor and the power control unit are suspended on a principal axis of inertia substantially parallel with an axis in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A suspension structure for a power unit is configured to suspend a power unit including a motor, a transaxle, and a power control unit. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the transaxle is arranged in a substantially center portion in a vehicle width direction, the motor is arranged at a position on an upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on one side in the vehicle width direction, and the power control unit is arranged at a position on the upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on an opposite side of the motor. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the motor and the power control unit are suspended on a principal axis of inertia substantially parallel with an axis in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: An automobile vehicle includes a vehicle body that includes a floor panel and a pair of left and right cross members, and a battery pack. The pair of left and right cross members are coupled to the floor panel and extend in a left-right direction. The battery pack is disposed below the floor panel. The battery pack includes a lower battery, an upper battery disposed above the lower battery, and a coupling member that is disposed above the lower battery at the center of the automobile vehicle in the left-right direction in a front view, that extends in the left-right direction, and that is coupled on both end sides to the respective left and right cross members.

Abstract: An automobile vehicle includes a vehicle body that includes a floor panel and a pair of left and right cross members, and a battery pack. The pair of left and right cross members are coupled to the floor panel and extend in a left-right direction. The battery pack is disposed below the floor panel. The battery pack includes a lower battery, an upper battery disposed above the lower battery, and a coupling member that is disposed above the lower battery at the center of the automobile vehicle in the left-right direction in a front view, that extends in the left-right direction, and that is coupled on both end sides to the respective left and right cross members.

Abstract: An acetal is produced at a high yield and a high selectivity by contacting an olefin and an alcohol with each other in the presence of (a) a nitrite, (b) a platinum group metal or the salts thereof and (c) a halide at a high reaction rate without requirement of any troublesome operations for the separation, recovery and regeneration of the catalyst.

Abstract: An acetal is produced at a high yield and a high selectivity by contacting an olefin and an alcohol with each other in the presence of (a) a nitrite, (b) a platinum group metal or the salts thereof and (c) a halide at a high reaction rate without requirement of any troublesome operations for the separation, recovery and regeneration of the catalyst.

Abstract: An acetal is produced at a high yield and a high selectivity by contacting an olefin and an alcohol with each other in the presence of (a) a nitrite, (b) a platinum group metal or the salts thereof and (c) a halide at a high reaction rate without requirement of any troublesome operations for the separation, recovery and regeneration of the catalyst.

Abstract: Uracil or 5-alkyluracil is prepared by a process wherein a 3,3-dialkoxypropionic acid ester of the formula:(R.sup.2 O).sub.2 CHCH(R.sup.1)COOR.sup.3wherein R.sup.1 =H or (C.sub.1-6) alkyl, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are (C.sub.1-8) alkyl or (C.sub.7-9) aralkyl, is reacted with urea in liquid ammonia in the presence of an alkali metal amide, and then, the reaction product is cyclized in the presence of an acid catalyst.