The power supply device comprises first wiring that connects an alternator
that is driven by the engine and a constant voltage electrical load that
is driven at 12V, a heat accumulator that accumulates cooling heat and
warming heat, a thermoelectric converter which generates power by using
the heat that has accumulated in the heat accumulator and which supplies
the generated power to the battery, second wiring that connects the
battery and a variable voltage electrical load that is driven at 5V to
16V, for example, a relay which is provided on third wiring that connects
the first wiring and second wiring and which interrupts the first wiring
and second wiring, and a charge and discharge ECU which controls the
thermoelectric converter on the basis of travel route information and so
forth and which controls the relay on the basis of the operating state of
the engine, the heat accumulation state of the heat accumulator, and the
state of charge of the battery.