Systems and methods for delivering energy to an electric vehicle with parking fee collection
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorNathan Bowman Littrell
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Abstract
A method for delivering energy to an electric vehicle includes coupling the electric vehicle to an energy delivery point, delivering energy to the electric vehicle, determining a parking cost, and determining transaction costs based on at least one of an amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle and the parking cost.
Claims20
A method for delivering energy to an electric vehicle, said method comprising:
- coupling the electric vehicle to an energy delivery point;
- delivering energy to the electric vehicle;
- determining a parking cost associated with the electric vehicle;
- and
- determining transaction costs based on at least one of an amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle and the parking cost.
A system for providing energy delivery to an electric vehicle, said system comprising:
- an energy delivery point configured to couple to the electric vehicle via a connector, said energy delivery point configured to deliver energy to the electric vehicle via said connector;
- and
- a server sub-system coupled to said energy delivery point over a network, said server sub-system configured to determine a parking cost for the electric vehicle, and determine transaction costs based on at least one of an amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle by said energy delivery point and the parking cost.
An energy delivery point for use with a system for delivering energy to an electric vehicle, said energy delivery point configured to:
- couple to the electric vehicle via a connector;
- receive a unique identifier from the electric vehicle to facilitate identifying a balance of an account associated with the identifier;
- deliver energy to the electric vehicle via the connector;
- meter an amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle;
- and
- display a transaction cost that is based on at least one of the amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle and a parking cost.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.