Charging an electric vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorRickard Arvidsson
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Abstract
In an aspect, upon a user connecting a charging cable connector of a charging station to a vehicle charging connector of her vehicle, the vehicle will via wireless communication acquire an identifier of the charging station operator, which is transmitted to a server of for instance a car manufacturer. The car manufacturer server can identify the charging station operator from the identifier and register charging session information such that a particular subscription associated with the vehicle or user is charged for the battery charging session and that the charging station operator is duly remunerated.
Claims16
A method of a device enabling charging of an electric vehicle at a vehicle charging station comprising:
- receiving, from a vehicle charging station operator, an identifier of a subscription for which a battery charging session is to be established with the vehicle charging station, wherein the vehicle charging station operator has received the identifier of said subscription by the vehicle charging station acquiring the identifier via wireless communication with a portable charging cable being associated with said subscription and being configured to wirelessly communicate said identifier;
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- registering, by a processing unit of said device, battery charging session information for the subscription for which the battery charging session is to be established with the vehicle charging station, the battery charging session information comprising at least the identifier of said subscription and an identifier of the vehicle charging station operator operating the vehicle charging station.
A device configured to enable charging of an electric vehicle at a vehicle charging station, the device comprising a processing unit and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processing unit, whereby the device is operative to:
- receive, from a vehicle charging station operator, an identifier of a subscription for which a battery charging session is to be established with the vehicle charging station, wherein the vehicle charging station operator has received the identifier of said subscription by the vehicle charging station acquiring the identifier via wireless communication with a portable charging cable being associated with said subscription and being configured to wirelessly communicate said identifier, and
- register battery charging session information for the subscription for which the battery charging session is to be established with the vehicle charging station, the battery charging session information comprising at least the identifier of said subscription and an identifier of the vehicle charging station operator operating the vehicle charging station.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processing unit of a device configured to enable charging of an electric vehicle at a vehicle charging station to:
- receive, from a vehicle charging station operator, an identifier of a subscription for which a battery charging session is to be established with the vehicle charging station, wherein the vehicle charging station operator has received the identifier of said subscription by the vehicle charging station acquiring the identifier via wireless communication with a portable charging cable being associated with said subscription and being configured to wirelessly communicate said identifier, and
- register battery charging session information for the subscription for which the battery charging session is to be established with the vehicle charging station, the battery charging session information comprising at least the identifier of said subscription and an identifier of the vehicle charging station operator operating the vehicle charging station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.