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US 11,685,282 B2Granted
Electric vehicle charging aggregation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsFarshad Harirchi, Ryan O'Gorman, David McCreadie, Devang Bhalchandra Dave
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Abstract
A controller may, after receiving indication that an electric utility provider will reduce power supplied during an upcoming period of time, increase a cost of charge energy for vehicles that charge at a rate at least equal to a threshold rate during the upcoming period of time. The controller may also decrease the cost of charge energy for vehicles that avoid charging or charge at a rate less than the threshold rate during the upcoming period of time.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a controller programmed to, after receiving indication that an electric utility provider will reduce power produced during an upcoming duration of time, increase a cost of charge energy for vehicles that charge at a rate at least equal to a threshold rate during the upcoming duration of time, and request that the electric utility provider shorten the upcoming duration of time during which the power produced will be reduced based on data from the vehicles.
A system comprising:
- a controller programmed to, responsive to an indication that an electric utility provider will reduce power supplied during an upcoming period of time, request that the electric utility provider alter a start or duration of the upcoming period of time based on data indicating whether vehicles scheduled to charge during the upcoming period of time will reduce a rate of charging.
A method comprising:
- decreasing a cost of charge energy for vehicles that avoid charging or charge at a rate less than a threshold rate during an upcoming duration of time after receiving indication that an electric utility provider will reduce power produced during the upcoming duration of time;
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- requesting that the electric utility provider alter the duration of time during which the power produced will be reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.