Vehicle to vehicle high power charging

A method for a vehicle-to-vehicle charger, comprising:

• receiving, via a wireless transceiver, a charging instruction including identity information for at least one of a beneficiary vehicle or a donor vehicle, wherein the charging instruction includes an identification of the beneficiary vehicle;
• responsive to detecting a physical connection, via a first charge connector, to a first vehicle, and via a second charge connector, to a second vehicle, loading, via a controller, vehicle data from both the first and second vehicle via the charge connectors;
• identifying, via the controller, the vehicles as one being the donor vehicle and the other being the beneficiary vehicle using the identity information and the vehicle data;
• and
• responsive to successful identification of the donor and beneficiary vehicles, starting a charging session by outputting electric power received from the donor vehicle to the beneficiary vehicle;
• and
• converting, via a buck boost converter, a first voltage of the electric power from the donor vehicle to a second voltage adapted to charge the beneficiary vehicle.

A vehicle-to-vehicle charger, comprising:

• a charging cable;
• two charge connectors connected at two ends of the charging cable, configured to couple with charge ports of a donor vehicle and a beneficiary vehicle each having a battery;
• a buck boost converter connected between the two charge connectors configured to convert a first voltage for the donor vehicle to a second voltage for the beneficiary vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to
• responsive to the two charge connectors being coupled with the charge ports of the donor and the beneficiary vehicle, communicate with at least one of the donor or beneficiary vehicle using powerline communications to obtain a charging instruction including a terminating condition,
• start a charging session by transferring electric charge from the donor vehicle to the beneficiary vehicle via the buck boost converter, and
• responsive to detecting the terminating condition is met, terminate the charging session,
• wherein the charging instruction includes an identification of the beneficiary vehicle, and wherein the controller is further programmed to, responsive to one of the charge connectors being coupled with the beneficiary vehicle, load vehicle data from the beneficiary vehicle and compare the vehicle data against the identification.