Performing actions associated with a connected vehicle

A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system associated with a fleet of electric vehicles, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• monitoring charge states of multiple electric vehicles within the fleet of electric vehicles, by;
• transmitting, via a device connected to a controller area network of an electric vehicle of the multiple electric vehicles, a request to the controller area network to send a response message that includes information identifying a state of charge of the electric vehicle;
• receiving, at the device, a response message from the controller area network that includes information identifying the state of charge of the electric vehicle;
• and
• transferring, from the device to a server, the identified state of charge;
• determining an order via which to charge the fleet of electric vehicles based on the monitored charge states;
• and
• causing the electric vehicles to be charged in the determined order.

A system, comprising:

• a device connected to a controller area network of an electric vehicle;
• a vehicle state module that monitors charge states of multiple electric vehicles within a group of electric vehicles, by:
• transmitting, via the device connected to the controller area network of the electric vehicle of the multiple electric vehicles, a request to the controller area network to send a response message that includes information identifying a state of charge of the electric vehicle;
• receiving, at the device, a response message from the controller area network that includes information identifying the state of charge of the electric vehicle;
• and
• transferring, from the device to a server, the identified state of charge;
• a scheduling module that determines an order via which to charge the group of electric vehicles based on the monitored charge states;
• and
• a charging module that causes the electric vehicles to be charged in the determined order.