Methods and systems for distributing solar energy charging capacity to a plurality of electric vehicles

A system for distributing battery charge capacity to a plurality of electric vehicles, the system comprising:

• means for generating solar energy locally;
• means for locally storing the locally generated solar energy;
• a plurality of charging stations for charging the batteries of the electric vehicles;
• and
• a computer-implemented control unit;
• wherein the control unit is configured to:
• group a plurality of electric vehicles into an auction group based on a predetermined criterion;
• determine a requested charge for the auction group, the requested charge comprising the total energy required to charge the batteries of the electric vehicles of the auction group from a current state-of-charge to a desired state-of-charge;
• calculate a requested charge time, the requested charge time comprising the total charging time required to charge the batteries of the electric vehicles of the auction group from the current state-of-charge to the desired state-of-charge;
• calculate the solar charge capacity, the solar charge capacity comprising the total charging capacity of the charging system via the locally generated solar energy;
• calculate a charge time capacity, the charge time capacity comprising the available charge time of the charging system;
• comparing the requested charge to the solar charge capacity;
• comparing the requested charge time to the charge time capacity;
• and
• if a capacity shortage is determined via a finding that the requested charge is greater than the solar charge capacity or the requested charge time is greater than the charge time capacity, auctioning the solar charge capacity to operators of the electric vehicles of the auction group.