Strategic rationing of vehicle energy for supporting household loads during power outages

A bidirectional energy transfer system, comprising:

• a traction battery pack;
• and
• a control module programmed to (1) prepare a rationed energy transfer strategy for controlling a bidirectional energy transfer output from the traction battery pack to a structure that includes one or more electrical loads, and (2) control the bidirectional energy transfer output from the traction battery pack to the structure based on a power outage restoration estimate associated with a grid power source,
• wherein the rationed energy transfer strategy is derived at least in part based on a user-selected strategic rationing profile preference,
• wherein the user-selected strategic rationing profile preference includes a user selection of a strategy level that indicates an amount of energy transfer that will be permitted to occur during the bidirectional energy transfer output,
• wherein the rationed energy transfer strategy is determined based on household information associated with the structure, vehicle information associated with a vehicle that is powered by the traction battery pack, the user-selected strategic rationing profile preference, and the power outage restoration estimate,
• wherein the user-selected strategic rationing profile preference includes a cycle/timer based implementation, a user input profile implementation, a home consumption implementation, or an appliance communication implementation,
• wherein each of the cycle/timer based implementation, the user input profile implementation, the home consumption implementation, and the appliance communication implementation includes at least a low rationed strategy level, a minor rationed strategy level, a major rationed strategy level, and a critical rationed strategy level.

A bidirectional energy transfer system, comprising:

• a traction battery pack;
• and
• a control module programmed to (1) prepare a rationed energy transfer strategy for controlling a bidirectional energy transfer output from the traction battery pack to a structure that includes one or more electrical loads, and (2) control the bidirectional energy transfer output from the traction battery pack to the structure based on a power outage restoration estimate associated with a grid power source,
• wherein the rationed energy transfer strategy is derived at least in part based on a user-selected strategic rationing profile preference,
• wherein the user-selected strategic rationing profile preference includes a user selection of a strategy level that indicates an amount of energy transfer that will be permitted to occur during the bidirectional energy transfer output,
• wherein the power outage restoration estimate is derived from a cloud-generated power outage map,
• wherein the cloud-generated power outage map is aggregated from vehicle data received from a plurality of electrified vehicles,
• wherein the cloud-generated power outage map includes a street map, a power grid overlay overlaid onto the street map, a power outage restored zone for indicating a first area of the street map that was previously affected by a power outage, and a predicted power outage restored zone for indicating a second area of the street map that is likely to have its power restored in a near future.