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Abstract

A fuel cell vehicle is provided that allows for filling as much fuel gas as possible. The vehicle includes a high-pressure tank, a communication system, a communicative filling ECU that selectively executes communicative filling that transmits a data signal from the communication system to the dispenser and allows hydrogen to be filled by way of the dispenser into the tank at a flowrate dependent on the pressure and the temperature; and non-communicative filling that does not transmit a data signal from the communication system and allows hydrogen to be filled at a predetermined flowrate. The ECU determines, while executing communicative filling, whether this communicative filling can be continued to be executed, and interrupts communicative filling and continues hydrogen filling by switching the filling method to non-communicative filling in response to having determined that continuation of communicative filling is not possible.

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