Patent 9090177 was granted and assigned to NISSAN MOTOR CO.,LTD. on July, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An uncertified battery replacement countermeasure apparatus for an electric vehicle including a power source that is driven by an electric power from a replaceable battery, in which it is judged whether or not a post-replacement battery is a battery certified to the electric vehicle, and when it is judged that the post-replacement battery is not the battery certified to the electric vehicle, a power output of the power source is restricted while permitting driving of the power source.