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US 2020/0047620 A1Published application
Controlling operation of electrified vehicles traveling on inductive roadway to influence electrical grid
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDouglas Raymond MARTIN, Kenneth James MILLER
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Abstract
A method for influencing the efficiency of an electrical grid includes coordinating operation of a first electrified vehicle and a second electrified vehicle traveling along an inductive roadway and having opposite power needs in a manner that influences an amount of energy supplied by the electrical grid during an inductive roadway event.
Claims15
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a drive wheel;
- an energy storage device configured to selectively provide power for driving the drive wheel;
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- a control system configured with instructions for coordinating a transfer of energy between the electrified vehicle and other electrified vehicles traveling along an inductive roadway and which have opposite power needs from the electrified vehicle.
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