POWER-ASSISTED VEHICLE AND ASSIST RATIO CONTROLLER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide appropriate auxiliary power for each of a case in which a vehicle body is connected to a truck and a case in which the vehicle body is not connected to the truck in a power-assisted vehicle to which the truck can be connected.SOLUTION: A power-assisted vehicle 10 comprises: a vehicle body 12 in which a passenger rides and to which a truck 14 can be connected; a control unit controlling an assist ratio that is a ratio of tread force of the passenger to auxiliary power; a motor 102 generating the auxiliary power in response to the tread force and the assist ratio; and a detection unit detecting whether or not the vehicle body 12 is connected to the truck 14. The control unit changes a range of varying the assist ratio on the basis of at least a detection result as to whether or not the vehicle body 12 is connected to the truck 14.