System for thermally conditioning a battery pack of an electric vehicle

A system for thermally conditioning a battery pack of an electric vehicle, the system comprising:

• at least one battery pack mounted within the electric vehicle, the at least one battery pack having at least one cell;
• a circuitry in communication with the at least one battery pack, the circuitry configured to determine a battery total charge of the at least one battery pack;
• a thermal conditioning system in thermal communication with the at least one battery pack, the thermal conditioning system configured to heat or cool the at least one cell of the at least one battery pack, the thermal conditioning system being electrically controlled by the circuitry;
• a vehicle positioning system in communication with the circuitry configured to determine a location of the electric vehicle;
• a map database in communication with the circuitry, the map database having location information of one or more charging stations for charging the at least one battery pack of the electric vehicle;
• wherein the circuitry is configured to determine when the battery total charge of the at least one battery pack is below a threshold, the threshold indicating that the at least one battery pack should be charged;
• wherein the circuitry is configured to determine, when the electric vehicle is travelling, a travel time between the electric vehicle and the one or more charging stations by determining the location of the vehicle via the vehicle positioning system and the location information of the map database;
• wherein the circuitry is configured to instruct the thermal conditioning system to thermally condition the at least one battery pack based on the travel time to the one or more charging stations to reduce a time needed to charge the at least one battery pack;
• and
• wherein the circuitry is configured to generate a value indicating a likelihood that a driver of the electric vehicle will stop to recharge at least one battery pack mounted within the electric vehicle.