Systems and methods for prepaid electric metering for vehicles

A system for providing energy to an electric vehicle, said system comprising:

• an energy delivery point configured to receive a unique identifier embedded in the electric vehicle, deliver energy to the electric vehicle, and meter an actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle;
• and
• a server coupled to said energy delivery point, said server configured to:
• receive the unique identifier from said energy delivery point;
• identify the electric vehicle based on the unique identifier, wherein the electric vehicle is associated with a customer account;
• determine a current balance of the customer account, wherein the current balance includes at least a portion of a prepayment amount associated with a predetermined amount of energy to be delivered to the electric vehicle by said energy delivery point;
• and
• determine a transaction amount based on the actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle.

A controller coupled to an energy delivery point and a database for providing energy to an electric vehicle, said controller programmed to:

• receive a unique identifier from the energy delivery point, wherein the unique identifier is acquired by the energy delivery point from the electric vehicle;
• identify the electric vehicle based on the unique identifier, wherein the electric vehicle is associated with a customer account;
• determine a current balance of the customer account, wherein the current balance includes at least a portion of a prepayment amount associated with a predetermined amount of energy to be delivered to the electric vehicle by the energy delivery point;
• receive, from the energy delivery point, an actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle;
• and
• determine a transaction amount based on the actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle.